The Python 3 Standard Library by Example

by Hellmann, Doug

• ISBN13: 9780134291055
• ISBN10: 0134291050
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-06-01
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Summary

Master the Powerful Python 3 Standard Library through Real Code Examples

 

The Python 3 Standard Library contains hundreds of modules for interacting with the operating system, interpreter, and Internet—all extensively tested and ready to jump-start application development. Now, Python expert Doug Hellman introduces every major area of the Python 3.x library through concise source code and output examples. Hellman’s examples fully demonstrate each feature, and are designed for easy learning and reuse.

 

You’ll find practical code for working with text, data structures, algorithms, dates/times, math, the file system, persistence, data exchange, compression, archiving, crypto, processes/threads, networking, Internet capabilities, email, developer and language tools, the runtime, packages, and more. Each section fully covers one module, with links to additional resources, making this book an ideal tutorial and reference.

 

The Python 3 Standard Library by Example introduces Python 3.x’s new libraries, significant functionality changes, and new layout and naming conventions. Hellmann also provides expert porting guidance for moving code from 2.x PSL modules to their Python 3.x equivalents.

 

Coverage includes

• Manipulating text with string, textwrap, re (regular expressions), and difflib
• Using data structures: enum, collections, array, heapq, queue, struct, copy, and more
• Implementing algorithms elegantly and concisely with functools, itertools, and contextlib
• Handling dates/times and advanced mathematical tasks
• Data exchange and persistence, including json, dbm, and sqlite
• Archiving and data compression
• Signing cryptographically and verifying message integrity
• Managing concurrent operations with processes and threads
• Using application “building blocks”
• Testing, debugging, compilation, profiling, language, import, and package tools
• Controlling interaction at runtime with interpreters or the environment

For both new and experienced Python developers, this guide will introduce whole new worlds of functionality and better, more powerful ways to get the job done.

Author Biography

Doug Hellmann is currently employed by Red Hat to work on OpenStack. He is on the OpenStack Technical Committee and contributes to many aspects of the project. He has been programming in Python since version 1.4, and has worked on a variety of UNIX and non-UNIX platforms for projects in fields such as mapping, medical news publishing, banking, and data center automation. Doug is a Fellow of the Python Software Foundation and served as its Communications Director from 2010-2012. After a year as a regular columnist for Python Magazine, he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008-2009. Between 2007 and 2011, Doug published the popular "Python Module of the Week" series on his blog, and an earlier version of this book (for Python 2), The Python Standard Library By Example (Addison-Wesley, 2011). He lives in Athens, Georgia.

Table of Contents

1. Text
2. Data Structures
3. Algorithms
4. Dates and Times
5. Mathematics
6. The File System
7. Data Persistence and Exchange
8. Data Compression and Archiving
9. Cryptography
10. Processes and Threads
11. Networking
12. The Internet
13. Email
14. Application Building Blocks
15. Internationalization and Localization
16. Developer Tools
17. Runtime Features
18. Language Tools
19. Modules and Packages