April 2019
Intermediate to advanced
646 pages
16h 48m
English
Content preview from Expert Python Programming - Third Edition
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What this book covers
Chapter 1, Current Status of Python, showcases the current state of the Python language and its community. We will see how Python is constantly changing, why it is changing, and also why these facts are important for anyone who wants to call themselves a Python professional. We will also take a look at the most popular and canonical ways for working on written in Python—popular productivity tools and conventions that are de facto standards now.
Chapter 2, Modern Python Development Environments, describes modern ways of setting up repeatable and consistent development environments for Python programmers. We will concentrate on two popular tools for environment isolation: virtualenv-type environments and Docker containers. ...