Aaron Maxwell on the power of Python

The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Using Python decorators, generators, and functions. In this episode of the O’Reilly Programming Podcast , I talk all things Python with Aaron Maxwell , presenter of the live online training courses Python: Beyond The Basics , and Python: The Next Level . He is also the author of the book Powerful Python: The Most Impactful Patterns, Features and Development Strategies Modern Python Provides . Discussion points: The importance of writing code that others developers want to use, and how Python’s features (particularly its object model hooks) enable developers to write more useful code What Python decorators do, and how the process of learning to write Python decorators can help a developer master understanding of Python as a whole How Python generators are an excellent tool for implementing highly scalable software The ever-increasing transition from Python Version 2 to Version 3: Maxwell notes that over the last year, the percentage of his course attendees who say they are coding in Version 3 has increased from 20% to more than 50%. Python’s popularity is fueled by its use by people who are not professional software engineers. Maxwell says that “Python is a language that people who are not trained in programming can quickly pick up and be productive with.” Other links: The Oriole online tutorial Magically Crafting Your Own Python Syntax , presented by Aaron Maxwell The video What are f strings in Python and how can I use them? The video How do I handle missing dictionary keys in Python? Pandas , the Python data analysis library

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This episode was published on Jul 13, 2017.

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