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Effective Python: 90 Specific Ways to Write Better Python (Effective Software Development Series) 2nd Edition, Kindle Edition

by Slatkin Brett (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 out of 5 stars (426)
Updated and Expanded for Python 3
It’s easy to start developing programs with Python, which is why the language is so popular. However, Python’s unique strengths, charms, and expressiveness can be hard to grasp, and there are hidden pitfalls that can easily trip you up.

This second edition of Effective Python will help you master a truly “Pythonic” approach to programming, harnessing Python’s full power to write exceptionally robust and well-performing code. Using the concise, scenario-driven style pioneered in Scott Meyers’ best-selling Effective C++, Brett Slatkin brings together 90 Python best practices, tips, and shortcuts, and explains them with realistic code examples so that you can embrace Python with confidence.

Drawing on years of experience building Python infrastructure at Google, Slatkin uncovers little-known quirks and idioms that powerfully impact code behavior and performance. You’ll understand the best way to accomplish key tasks so you can write code that’s easier to understand, maintain, and improve. In addition to even more advice, this new edition substantially revises all items from the first edition to reflect how best practices have evolved.

Key features include
  • 30 new actionable guidelines for all major areas of Python
  • Detailed explanations and examples of statements, expressions, and built-in types
  • Best practices for writing functions that clarify intention, promote reuse, and avoid bugs
  • Better techniques and idioms for using comprehensions and generator functions
  • Coverage of how to accurately express behaviors with classes and interfaces
  • Guidance on how to avoid pitfalls with metaclasses and dynamic attributes
  • More efficient and clear approaches to concurrency and parallelism
  • Solutions for optimizing and hardening to maximize performance and quality
  • Techniques and built-in modules that aid in debugging and testing
  • Tools and best practices for collaborative development
Effective Python will prepare growing programmers to make a big impact using Python.
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  5. Publication date
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Brett Slatkin is a principal software engineer at Google. He is the technical co-founder of Google Surveys, the co-creator of the PubSubHubbub protocol, and he launched Google’s first cloud computing product (App Engine). Fourteen years ago, he cut his teeth using Python to manage Google’s enormous fleet of servers. Outside of his day job, he likes to play piano and surf (both poorly). He also enjoys writing about programming-related topics on his personal website (https://onebigfluke.com). He earned his B.S. in computer engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York. He lives in San Francisco.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07ZG18BH3
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Addison-Wesley Professional
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 25 October 2019
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 55.6 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 480 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0134854595
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  • Part of series ‏ : ‎ Effective Software Development
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up
  • Best Sellers Rank: #263,874 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Brett Slatkin is the author of the book Effective Python and has been writing Python code professionally for the past 20 years. He works as a principal software engineer in the Office of the CTO at Google developing technology strategies and rapid prototypes. His experience includes: founding Google Surveys, a platform for collecting machine learning and market research datasets; launching Google App Engine, the company's first cloud computing product; scaling Google's A/B experimentation products to billions of users; and co-creating PubSubHubbub, the W3C standard for real-time RSS feeds. He earned his B.S. in Computer Engineering from Columbia University in the City of New York.

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  • Patrick
    5.0 out of 5 stars Kept skills up to date
    Reviewed in the United States on 14 March 2025
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    Great refresher
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  • Barry Hall
    5.0 out of 5 stars The best book on Python I have ever bought!
    Reviewed in Canada on 8 April 2024
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    This is a book for people who already know Python fairly well and want to take it to a higher level of mastery. It is not intended to be read sequentially from cover to cover but rather kept nearby for quick insight on how to do things better. It is not one of those giant 10lb books that tries to be the ultimate Python 'Bible'. It is compact, well written and printed on high quality paper. Get the paper back version not the e-book, you will never part with it!
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  • Pine Shelter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal book for experienced programmers who are new to Python
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2020
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    I was looking for a book that would explain the idiosyncrasies and native idioms of Python without treating me like an idiot. I've only read a few chapters, but I can say that this is an extremely intelligent, practical and well-written book. It's also pretty comprehensive. It makes a constant point of demonstrating potential traps and interesting Python-specific tips for those who come with substantial experience of other programming languages. It doesn't explain the basics of the language, but if you have read the official online Python tutorial, that is enough to move on to this book.
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  • Client d'Amazon
    5.0 out of 5 stars a must read
    Reviewed in France on 15 March 2022
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    full of Technic to apply in our daily work
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  • Amazon カスタマー
    5.0 out of 5 stars python特有の文法を身につける
    Reviewed in Japan on 6 May 2021
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    この本を読むことで、Cライクな文法から脱却して、
    pythonicな文法が書けるようになります。

    MATLABの文法と似た部分もありますが、配列が
    値渡しでなく、参照渡しである点など、違う部分も多いので、
    python以外のスクリプト言語に慣れている人も一読する必要があるでしょう。
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