Dead Simple Python

Introduction

Python is a unique language. As a software developer, I have come to appreciate it for its particularities. There is a certain artistic beauty about a well-written Python program. I love when I find the most “Pythonic” solution to a problem and then look back and wonder how I thought any other answer would do.

Unfortunately, for years, I was crippled by an instinctual desire to view Python through the lens of the other languages I knew. Although I could read and write in Python, I failed to see the “obviousness” of a particular practice. It was like trying to speak Spanish using only a translation dictionary. I could write Python, ...