Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to Write Better Python [Paperback]

Brett Slatkin is a Principal Software Engineer at Google in the Office of the CTO, focusing on emerging technologies. He co-founded Google Surveys, launched Google Clouds first product (App Engine), and co-created the PubSubHubbub protocolall using Python. Brett has been writing Python code professionally for the past 19 years and has made numerous contributions to open-source projects.

Preface     xvii

Acknowledgments     xxiii

About the Author     xxv

 

Chapter 1: Pythonic Thinking     1

     Item 1: Know Which Version of Python Youre Using     1

     Item 2: Follow the PEP 8 Style Guide     3

     Item 3: Never Expect Python to Detect Errors at Compile Time     6

     Item 4: Write Helper Functions Instead of Complex Expressions     8

     Item 5: Prefer Multiple-Assignment Unpacking Over Indexing     11

     Item 6: Always Surround Single-Element Tuples with Parentheses     16

     Item 7: Consider Conditional Expressions for Simple Inline Loglƒ1