{"product_id":"practices-of-the-python-pro-9781617296086","title":"Practices of the Python Pro","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePractices of the Python Pro\u003c\/strong\u003e by Hillard, Dane. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781617296086.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSummary\nProfessional developers know the many benefits of writing application code that’s clean, well-organized, and easy to maintain. By learning and following established patterns and best practices, you can take your code and your career to a new level.\nWith Practices of the Python Pro, you’ll learn to design professional-level, clean, easily maintainable software at scale using the incredibly popular programming language, Python. You’ll find easy-to-grok examples that use pseudocode and Python to introduce software development best practices, along with dozens of instantly useful techniques that will help you code like a pro.\n\nPurchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.\n\nAbout the technology\n\nProfessional-quality code does more than just run without bugs. It’s clean, readable, and easy to maintain. To step up from a capable Python coder to a professional developer, you need to learn industry standards for coding style, application design, and development process. That’s where this book is indispensable.\n\nAbout the book\n\nPractices of the Python Pro teaches you to design and write professional-quality software that’s understandable, maintainable, and extensible. Dane Hillard is a Python pro who has helped many dozens of developers make this step, and he knows what it takes. With helpful examples and exercises, he teaches you when, why, and how to modularize your code, how to improve quality by reducing complexity, and much more. Embrace these core principles, and your code will become easier for you and others to read, maintain, and reuse.\n\nWhats inside\n\nOrganizing large Python projects Achieving the right levels of abstraction Writing clean, reusable code Inheritance and composition Considerations for testing and performance\n\nAbout the reader\n\nFor readers familiar with the basics of Python, or another OO language.\n\nAbout the author\n\nDane Hillard has spent the majority of his development career using Python to build web applications.\n\nTable of Contents:\n\nPART 1 WHY IT ALL MATTERS\n\n1 ¦ The bigger picture\n\nPART 2 FOUNDATIONS OF DESIGN\n\n2 ¦ Separation of concerns\n\n3 ¦ Abstraction and encapsulation\n\n4 ¦ Designing for high performance\n\n5 ¦ Testing your software\n\nPART 3 NAILING DOWN LARGE SYSTEMS\n\n6 ¦ Separation of concerns in practice\n\n7 ¦ Extensibility and flexibility\n\n8 ¦ The rules (and exceptions) of inheritance\n\n9 ¦ Keeping things lightweight\n\n10 ¦ Achieving loose coupling\n\nPART 4 WHAT’S NEXT?\n\n11 ¦ Onward and upward\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Manning","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984425775157,"sku":"ByrdShop_1617296082","price":45.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781617296086_97a7e631-2436-45bc-b5af-ce8d83b2d617.jpg?v=1778921364","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/practices-of-the-python-pro-9781617296086","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}