{"product_id":"9780133373233","title":"Python in Practice: Create Better Programs Using Concurrency, Libraries, and Patterns","description":"\u003cb\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2014 Jolt Award for \"Best Book\"\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e“Whether you are an experienced programmer or are starting your career, Python in Practice is full of valuable advice and example to help you improve your craft by thinking about problems from different perspectives, introducing tools, and detailing techniques to create more effective solutions.”\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e—\u003cb\u003eDoug Hellmann, \u003c\/b\u003eSenior Developer, DreamHost\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIf you’re an experienced Python programmer, \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003ePython in Practice \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewill help you improve the quality, reliability, speed, maintainability, and usability of all your Python programs.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eMark Summerfield focuses on four key themes: design patterns for coding elegance, faster processing through concurrency and compiled Python (Cython), high-level networking, and graphics. He identifies well-proven design patterns that are useful in Python, illuminates them with expert-quality code, and explains why some object-oriented design patterns are irrelevant to Python. He also explodes several counterproductive myths about Python programming—showing, for example, how Python can take full advantage of multicore hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eAll examples, including three complete case studies, have been tested with Python 3.3 (and, where possible, Python 3.2 and 3.1) and crafted to maintain compatibility with future Python 3.x versions. All code has been tested on Linux, and most code has also been tested on OS X and Windows. All code may be downloaded at www.qtrac.eu\/pipbook.html.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eCoverage includes \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e  \u003cli\u003eLeveraging Python’s most effective creational, structural, and behavioral design patterns   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSupporting concurrency with Python’s multiprocessing, threading, and concurrent.futures modules   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoiding concurrency problems using thread-safe queues and futures rather than fragile locks   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSimplifying networking with high-level modules, including xmlrpclib and RPyC   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAccelerating Python code with Cython, C-based Python modules, profiling, and other techniques   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreating modern-looking GUI applications with Tkinter   \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLeveraging today’s powerful graphics hardware via the OpenGL API using pyglet and PyOpenGL\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106515599600,"sku":"9780133373233","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133373233_p0.jpg?v=1763640942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133373233","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}