Python Pushing the Limits

Free Python to be all it can be

Open source Python is among the top ten programming languages worldwide, with diverse uses ranging from enterprise-level corporate solutions to programming with Raspberry Pi. If you're an experienced developer, this guide will help you take your Python programs to a higher level. Explore what's new in Python 3, venture into metaprogramming, learn about functional and aspect-oriented programming with Python, and understand small and large scale optimization. Learn about Python tools, testing, best practices, scientific tools, and more.

• The popular Python open source programming language is used for everything from enterprise-level corporate solutions to Raspberry Pi programming to programming for Google, Spotify, and the BBC
• This guide gives experienced developers the expert guidance necessary to push Python to its limits, optimizing, extending, and complementing it
• Examines what's new in Python 3 and ventures into metaprogramming, decorators, descriptors, functional programming, and aspect-oriented programming with Python
• Also covers a practical definition of Pythonic, with examples; optimization, including small and large scale and profiling; virtualenv, pylint, and other tools; best practices; scientific Python tools; and standard library review

Python Programming Pushing the Limits is a deep dive into advanced Python that will help even knowledgeable developers push the language to its limits.