Modern Python Cookbook - Second Edition

Python is the preferred choice of developers, engineers, data scientists, and hobbyists everywhere.

It is a great language that can power your applications and provide great speed, safety, and scalability. It can be used for simple scripting or sophisticated web applications. By exposing Python as a series of simple recipes, this book gives you insight into specific language features in a particular context. Having a tangible context helps make the language or a given standard library feature easier to understand.

This book comes with 133 recipes on the latest version of Python 3.8. The recipes will benefit everyone, from beginners just starting out with Python to experts. You'll not only learn Python programming concepts but also how to build complex applications.

The recipes will touch upon all necessary Python concepts related to data structures, object oriented programming, functional programming, and statistical programming. You will get acquainted with the nuances of Python syntax and how to effectively take advantage of it.

By the end of this Python book, you will be equipped with knowledge of testing, web services, configuration, and application integration tips and tricks. You will be armed with the knowledge of how to create applications with flexible logging, powerful configuration, command-line options, automated unit tests, and good documentation.

Table of contents

• Numbers, Strings, and Tuples

• Statements and Syntax

• Function Definitions

• Built-In Data Structures Part 1: Lists and Sets

• Built-In Data Structures Part 2: Dictionaries

• User Inputs and Outputs

• Basics of Classes and Objects

• More Advanced Class Design

• Functional Programming Features

• Input/Output, Physical Format, and Logical Layout

• Testing

• Web Services

• Application Integration: Configuration

• Application Integration: Combination

• Statistical Programming and Linear Regression

• Other Books You May Enjoy

• Index