Python Tricks¶
Resources¶
Modules¶
Chapters Checklist¶
- Patterns for Cleaner Python
- Covering Your A** With Assertions
- Complacent Comma Placement
- Context Managers and the with Statement
- Underscores, Dunders, and More
- A Shocking Truth About String Formatting
- “The Zen of Python” Easter Egg
- Effective Functions
- Python’s Functions Are First-Class
- Lambdas Are Single-Expression Functions
- The Power of Decorators
- Fun With
*args
and**kwargs
- Function Argument Unpacking
- Nothing to Return Here
- Object Comparisons: “is” vs “==”
- String Conversion (Every Class Needs a
__repr__
) - Defining Your Own Exception Classes
- Cloning Objects for Fun and Profit
- Abstract Base Classes Keep Inheritance in Check
- What Namedtuples Are Good For
- Class vs Instance Variable Pitfalls
- Instance, Class, and Static Methods Demystified
- Common Data Structures in Python
- Dictionaries, Maps, and Hashtables
- Array Data Structures
- Records, Structs, and Data Transfer Objects
- Sets and Multisets
- Stacks (LIFOs)
- Queues (FIFOs)
- Priority Queues
- Looping & Iteration
- Writing Pythonic Loops
- Comprehending Comprehensions
- List Slicing Tricks and the Sushi Operator
- Beautiful Iterators
- Generators Are Simplified Iterators
- Generator Expressions
- Iterator Chains
- Dictionary Tricks
- Dictionary Default Values
- Sorting Dictionaries for Fun and Profit
- Emulating Switch/Case Statements With Dicts
- The Craziest Dict Expression in the West
- So Many Ways to Merge Dictionaries
- Dictionary Pretty-Printing
- Pythonic Productivity Techniques
- Exploring Python Modules and Objects
- Isolating Project Dependencies With Virtualenv
- Peeking Behind the Bytecode Curtain