Python Tricks: The Book

Dan Bader 13 Lessons 2h 2m intermediate advanced best-practices

A Buffet of Awesome Python Features: Discover Python’s Best Practices with Simple Examples and Start Writing Beautiful & Pythonic Code.

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Video Subtitles and Full Transcripts
3 Downloadable Resources
Q&A With Python Experts: Ask a Question
Certificate of Completion

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Python Tricks: The Book

1 Lesson 1m

1. Download Python Tricks Files01:00

Bonus Videos

12 Lessons 2h 1m

1. List Comprehensions13:54

2. String Conversion "__repr__" vs "__str__"13:33

3. Emulating "switch/case" Statements11:21

4. Implicit Returns07:37

5. Comparing Objects06:04

6. A Mysterious Dictionary Expression06:29

7. Function Argument Unpacking08:43

8. OOP Method Types Comparison14:41

9. *args and **kwargs10:04

10. Virtual Environments08:05

11. Writing Pythonic Loops09:21

12. Context Managers and the "with" Statement12:06

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About Dan Bader

Dan is the owner and editor in chief of Real Python and the main developer of the realpython.com learning platform. Dan has been writing code for more than 20 years and holds a master's degree in computer science.

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Participant Comments

Luie Matthee on Dec. 6, 2020

Perfection in clarity & relevancy in understanding the important fundamentals of the language. Truly well done.

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