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Python 3: Beyond the Basics
Python – Beyond the Basics deepens and broadens your knowledge of Python, a dynamic language popular for web development, big data, science, and scripting.
What you'll learn
Python 3: Beyond the Basics builds directly on the foundations laid in our introductory Python course, Python Fundamentals. Python is a great dynamic language for web development, big data, science, and scripting. In this course we add breadth and depth to your Python skills, exploring the topics you'll need to create robust and readable applications of any size. On completing this course, you'll be familiar with the majority of Python techniques and constructs used in Python programs. Crucially, we'll also advise you on when – and when not – to use the different tools available in Python to best effect, to maximize the quality of your code, your productivity, and the joy inherent in coding in Python.
Table of contents
- Version Check | 20s
- Packages | 2m 28s
- Imports from sys.path | 3m 35s
- Implementing Packages | 3m 38s
- Subpackages | 1m 26s
- Example: A Full Program | 1m 49s
- Relative Imports | 2m 47s
- Controlling Imports with __all__ | 1m 25s
- Namespace Packages | 3m 20s
- Executable Directories | 3m 15s
- Recommended Layout | 1m 16s
- Duck Tails: Modules Are Singletons | 1m 22s
- Summary | 3m 40s
About the authors
Austin is a founding director of Sixty North, a software consulting, training, and application development company. He's a native of Texas but currently lives in Norway where he writes software, runs a local software interest group, and presents and teaches whenever he can.
More Courses by AustinRobert Smallshire is a founding director of Sixty North, a software product and consulting business in based in Norway. He has held several senior software architecture and technical management roles, and he is a regular conference speaker. Python is his weapon of choice.
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