Supercharged Python: Take Your Code to the Next Level, 1st edition

Published by Addison-Wesley Professional (July 8, 2019) © 2020
  • Brian Overland
  • John Bennett

Title overview

Supercharged Python is written for people who've learned the fundamentals of the language but want to take their skills to the next level.

After a quick review of Python, the book covers: advanced list and string techniques; all the ways to handle text and binary files; financial applications; advanced techniques for writing classes; generators and decorators; and how to master packages such as NumPy (Numeric Python) to supercharge your applications!

  • Use profilers and 'magic methods' to code like a pro
  • Harness the power of regular expressions to process text quickly with a single statement
  • Take advantage of 22 coding shortcuts, along with performance tips, to save time and optimize your code
  • Create really useful classes and objects, for games, simulations, money, mathematics, and more
  • Use multiple modules to build powerful apps while avoiding the 'gotchas'
  • Import packages to dramatically speed up statistical operations - by as much as 100 times!
  • Refer to the five-part language reference to look up fine points of the language
Supercharged Python demonstrates techniques that allow you to write faster and more powerful code, whether you're manipulating large amounts of data or building sophisticated applications.
  • Breaks advanced topics down to their essentials, illustrating them with simple examples and practical exercises
  • Covers runtime efficiency, lambda functions, regex, binary operators, advanced data formatting, packages, Django, graphics, magic methods, binary files, and more
  • Deepens your insight by illuminating design decisions and tricks behind each language feature
  • Includes challenging projects to showcase Python’s power

Table of contents

  • Chapter 1: Review of the Fundamentals
  • Chapter 2: Advanced String Capabilities
  • Chapter 3: Advanced List Capabilities
  • Chapter 4: Shortcuts, Command Line, and Packages
  • Chapter 5: Formatting Text Precisely
  • Chapter 6: Regular Expressions, Part I
  • Chapter 7: Regular Expressions, Part II
  • Chapter 8: Text and Binary Files
  • Chapter 9: Classes and Magic Methods
  • Chapter 10: Decimal, Money, and Other Classes
  • Chapter 11: The Random and Math Packages
  • Chapter 12: The “numpy” (Numeric Python) Package
  • Chapter 13: Advanced Uses of “numpy”
  • Chapter 14: Multiple Modules and the RPN Example
  • Chapter 15: Getting Financial Data off the Internet
  • Appendix A Python Operator Precedence Table
  • Appendix B Built-In Python Functions
  • Appendix C Set Methods
  • Appendix D Dictionary Methods
  • Appendix E Statement Reference

Author bios

Brian Overland is a textbook author, sometime actor, programmer, film reviewer, and novelist. He has been professionally programming with the C family of languages since the early 1980s and spent 10 years at Microsoft, first as a software tester and then as programmer/writer, manager, and project lead. Almost unique among programmers, he is an award-winning writer deeply committed to teaching and simplifying advanced concepts. You can read his comments on technology, reviews, and his upcoming book projects at brianoverland.com.

John Bennett was formerly a senior software engineer at Proximity Technology, Franklin Electronic Publishing, and Microsoft Corporation. More recently, he has developed new programming languages using Python as a prototyping tool. He has worked on a variety of software projects, including a handheld spellchecker and East Asian handwriting recognition software. He holds nine U.S. patents.

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