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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja
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Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja

by Cody Jackson
May 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
380 pages
9h 37m
English
Packt Publishing
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Introduction

Python modules are the highest-level components of Python programs. As suggested by their name, modules are modular, capable of being plugged in with other modules as part of an overall program to provide better separation of code while combining together to create a cohesive application.

Modules allow easy reuse of code, and provide separate namespaces to prevent variable shadowing between blocks of code. Variable shadowing involves having duplicate variables in different namespaces, possibly causing the interpreter to use an incorrect variable. Each Python file a developer creates is considered a separate module, allowing different files to be imported into a single, overall file that forms the final application.

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