How to Write Python Code Others Like to Use

Anna Tisch — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Description

What makes an API Pythonic? If you are writing Python code you want to share with the world, or maybe just within your team - how can you design it in a way that's intuitive to use and easy to navigate for both the beginner and the expert.

Transforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python

Raymond Hettinger — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Summary

Learn to take better advantage of Python's best features and improve existing code through a series of code transformations, "When you see this, do that instead."

Timetable:

03:04 -- Looping over a range of functions
04:47 -- Looping over a collection
05:28 -- Looping backwards
06:51 -- Looping over a collection of indicies
07:36 -- Looping over two collections
09:42 -- Looping in sorted order
10:04 -- Custom sort order
12:27 -- Call a function until a sentinel value
15:52 -- Distinguishing multiple exit points in loops
19:18 -- Looping over dictionary keys
21:10 -- Looping over dictionary keys and values
21:52 -- Construct a dictionary from pairs
23:15 -- Counting with dictionaries
25:30 -- Grouping with dictionaries
27:57 -- Is a dictionary pop() atomic?
29:12 -- Linking dictionaries
31:10 -- Clarify function calls with keyword arguments
32:17 -- Clarify multiple return values with named tuples
33:13 -- Unpacking sequences
34:01 -- Updating multiple state variables
36:15 -- Simultaneous state updates
38:24 -- Concatenating strings
38:41 -- Updating sequences
39:57 -- Using decorators to factor-out administrative logic
40:24 -- Caching decorator
41:19 -- Factor-out temporary contexts for decimal
42:01 -- How to open and close files
42:25 -- How to use locks
43:10 -- Factor-out temporary contexts
44:56 -- Context manager: redirect_stdout()
46:04 -- Concise expressive one-liners

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How to Write Python Code Others Like to Use

Description

Transforming Code into Beautiful, Idiomatic Python

Summary