Python Tricks: The Book

Dan Bader 13 Lessons 2h 1m advanced best-practices intermediate

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

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Python Tricks: The Book

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12 Lessons 2h 1m

1. List Comprehensions 13:54

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

3. Emulating "switch/case" Statements 11:21

4. Implicit Returns 07:37

5. Comparing Objects 06:04

6. A Mysterious Dictionary Expression 06:29

7. Function Argument Unpacking 08:43

8. OOP Method Types Comparison 14:41

9. *args and **kwargs 10:04

10. Virtual Environments 08:05

11. Writing Pythonic Loops 09:21

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

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About Dan Bader

Dan Bader 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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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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