June 2015
Intermediate
49m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional)
Overview
Python supports several programming styles-imperative, object oriented, and functional. Most programmers are familiar with the former two. Functional programming appears to be coming back in vogue. Python has supported some functional constructs since version 1.4. This session will explore those features and some of the more modern Python features that tend to supersede them. Come learn how to be more functional, use less classes, and be more Pythonic.
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