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Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming

Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming

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  • Create Date：2022-03-07 06:51:43
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  • Author：Luciano Ramalho
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Summary

Python's simplicity lets you become productive quickly， but often this means you aren't using everything it has to offer。 With the updated edition of this hands-on guide， you'll learn how to write effective， modern Python 3 code by leveraging its best ideas。

Don't waste time bending Python to fit patterns you learned in other languages。 Discover and apply idiomatic Python 3 features beyond your past experience。 Author Luciano Ramalho guides you through Python's core language features and libraries and teaches you how to make your code shorter， faster， and more readable。

Featuring major updates throughout the book， Fluent Python， second edition， covers:



Special methods: The key to the consistent behavior of Python objects

Data structures: Sequences， dicts， sets， Unicode， and data classes

Functions as objects: First-class functions， related design patterns， and type hints in function declarations

Object-oriented idioms: Composition， inheritance， mixins， interfaces， operator overloading， static typing and protocols

Control flow: Context managers， generators， coroutines， async/await， and thread/process pools

Metaprogramming: Properties， attribute descriptors， class decorators， and new class metaprogramming hooks that are simpler than metaclasses

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Reviews

Oleg Prozorov ，

The book is super！It tells not only about "how" but also about "why"。 The book is super！It tells not only about "how" but also about "why"。 。。。more

Jiaxin （Francis） Liu ，

it's a fine book for those who have at least some level of understanding of the Python basics as this book is about to teach the python basics！ You don't have to understand every detail inside the book。 Just have a grasp that is Concurrency， Meteprogarmming， decorator， threading pool。。。 it did not explain these topics well， even made these topics very boring as hard to understand！！！。 but you got a grasp of them。 try to watch as many YouTube videos as possible。 these really explain well！！！ it's a fine book for those who have at least some level of understanding of the Python basics as this book is about to teach the python basics！ You don't have to understand every detail inside the book。 Just have a grasp that is Concurrency， Meteprogarmming， decorator， threading pool。。。 it did not explain these topics well， even made these topics very boring as hard to understand！！！。 but you got a grasp of them。 try to watch as many YouTube videos as possible。 these really explain well！！！ 。。。more

Bart Kleijngeld ，

I really enjoyed this book from Luciano。 It is structured very well， making it suitable for future reference as well， but thanks to the numerous examples with call-outs and great skill in explaining concepts， it was a good read from start to finish as well。For absolute beginners this book is definitely too hard， but for those who have some experience， the book is bound to offer you something， and very likely to offer you a lot。 Much which it teaches was familiar to me， but sometimes it doesn't h I really enjoyed this book from Luciano。 It is structured very well， making it suitable for future reference as well， but thanks to the numerous examples with call-outs and great skill in explaining concepts， it was a good read from start to finish as well。For absolute beginners this book is definitely too hard， but for those who have some experience， the book is bound to offer you something， and very likely to offer you a lot。 Much which it teaches was familiar to me， but sometimes it doesn't hurt to repeat。 Moreover， I'm not the expert Luciano is， so some stuff I knew quite well， I now know the absolute core fundamentals of。There was also stuff I barely touched in Python though， or simply never heard of。 Usually I mean small things （liked named slicing， and the `shelve` and `bisect` libraries）， but some big topics are treated so in-depth that it taught me a lot （about class meta programming and the subtleties of concurrent programming in Python for example）。On the downside， the book does try to cover many， many topis， and despite the good structuring and explanations， sometimes it tends to have a tough time choosing between going in-depth all the way， or remaining at the surface。 Also， in the final chapters I feel there were a lot more typo's and potentially some minor mistakes that have made the already difficult stuff in there slightly more challenging even。 All in all， however， these are relatively minor criticisms。 This book is really good。Highlights from the book for me:- Pt。 1， Ch。 1: The Python Data Model。 This is the perfect example of how some of my pre-existing knowlegde has been grounded with stronger， more philosophical foundations。 Great （re）read for pretty much any Python developer or beginner。- Pt。 III: Functions As Objects。 I believe many users are too unfamiliar with functional programming ideas， and these chapters give a great introduction to how to use functions in practical and abstract ways。- Pt。 IV， Ch。 11: From Protocols to ABCs。 A great chapter which covers Python's take on much of the OO philosophy。 Great read to get a better grasp on how to think about your Python code。- Pt。 V: Control Flow。 This entire part is very informative。 I knew about generator expressions/functions， but the level of detail here to explain the exact differences between iterables and iterators， function/class approaches thereof， helped me grasp the concepts a lot more fundamentally。 Furthermore there's three great chapters about concurrent programming that really gave me a great basis to build on。 The difference between threads， callbacks and coroutines， and how coroutines are implemented as generator functions: wow。- Ch。 20: Attribute Descriptors: This chapter explanis the descriptor protocol， and how properties and class methods are examples of them。 Pretty abstract stuff， but recommended to have read at least。YMVV， but these were the best chapters for me。I thought the book was great， and I would highly recommend it to anyone who's serious about getting better at Python， and wants to cover a lot of ground。 。。。more

Fred ，

First programming book I bought and finished。 Easy to understand and friendly for rookies。

Sananab ，

I can definitely understand wanting to claw your way deep into the heart of a language。 But， I mean， any language except Python。 I like Python because I've never felt I had to get that good at it。 As opposed to - as an extreme opposite example - the enormous time investment you need to make to both write good C++， and read other people's C++。The main advantage of Python is that it is very clear and easy to read， and that you don't have to learn much to get things done。 If I had to work with some I can definitely understand wanting to claw your way deep into the heart of a language。 But， I mean， any language except Python。 I like Python because I've never felt I had to get that good at it。 As opposed to - as an extreme opposite example - the enormous time investment you need to make to both write good C++， and read other people's C++。The main advantage of Python is that it is very clear and easy to read， and that you don't have to learn much to get things done。 If I had to work with someone who wrote Python this way it is sometimes written in this book， or someone who used half of the knowledge in this book， I would be seriously annoyed。 。。。more

Amir Tesla ，

This book is a deep dive into the inner workings of the python language。 It covers all the topics of python， from primitive data types to advanced metaprogramming with great detail and example。The first edition covers python 3。5 and the second edition covers python 3。10。 The second edition additionally covers @dataclass， the new asyinc-await syntax in concurrency， type annotations， and much more。 Chapters' contents are written from bottom to top。 Namely， each concept is first explained with simp This book is a deep dive into the inner workings of the python language。 It covers all the topics of python， from primitive data types to advanced metaprogramming with great detail and example。The first edition covers python 3。5 and the second edition covers python 3。10。 The second edition additionally covers @dataclass， the new asyinc-await syntax in concurrency， type annotations， and much more。 Chapters' contents are written from bottom to top。 Namely， each concept is first explained with simple examples and advances to a more complicated form， built on top of what's already said。 So， I'd advise you to read chapters page by page。 If you read this book， you'll be able to answer almost all python-specific questions in the interviews。 It would also teach you great features that are specific to python which maybe absent in other languagesAll in all， I think this book is a must-read if you want to gain a true mastery in pythonBe advised: This is not a beginner's book at all， you'd better have at least 2-3 years of python experience before jumping into code。 。。。more

Emre Sevinç ，

"Fluent Python - Clear， Concise， and Effective Programming， 2nd Edition" by Luciano Ramalho is one of the best Python books I've read since I started programming in Python back in 2007。But I have to warn you that it is probably not the first， not even the second book you should read if you're getting started with Python。 Even if you're an experienced programmer coming from a different programming language background， there are other resources to help you get up to speed with Python and showcase "Fluent Python - Clear， Concise， and Effective Programming， 2nd Edition" by Luciano Ramalho is one of the best Python books I've read since I started programming in Python back in 2007。But I have to warn you that it is probably not the first， not even the second book you should read if you're getting started with Python。 Even if you're an experienced programmer coming from a different programming language background， there are other resources to help you get up to speed with Python and showcase its good use for domains ranging from machine learning and deep learning to system administration， automation， DevOps， network management automation， etc。 as well as general Python performance tuning and best practices。This book deserves a slow reading and experienced Python programmers will appreciate the insights provided by the author: It's been more than 6 years since the first edition and Python language itself with its standard library progressed a lot， sometimes at a breakneck speed。 For experienced software developers and Python programmers who want to dive deep into the core language features of Python in 2022 and upcoming years， this book is probably the perfect reference。 A careful reading shows that the author not only knows the core topics of the book very well， but also has a very good grasp of history and context of other influential programming languages， e。g。 when refers to the mind-blowing The Art of the Metaobject Protocol， or when he compares the some aspects of concurrent programming in Python to Java and Go。 Another shining feature of the book is the amount of careful thought and effort spent on pedagogy， building crystal clear examples and contrasting different approaches to really drive home the message in chapters such as "1。 The Python Data Model"， "5。 Data Class Builders"， "17。 Iterables， Iterators， and Generators"， "20。 Concurrency Models in Python"， "21。 Concurrency with Futures"， and "22。 Asynchronous Programming"。 The chapters on optional typing and type hints also deserve similar praise。I found myself marking a lot of sections， taking notes and visiting almost every resource mentioned in "Further Reading" section of each chapter。 The author did a great job for directing the reader to more specialized books as well as online tutorials， guides， HOW-TOs， presentations and videos。I can easily imagine myself coming back to some of the chapters not only to solidify my understanding about some core and modern Python features but also referring to them when I'm discussing issues with fellow software developers and automation experts （in fact， I already referred to this book more than once during such discussions！）。Python programming language will turn 31 years old in 2022， and as long as it continues to attract such great authors showcasing its features， the friendly and knowledgeable community will continue to grow and attract software developers from all walks of life。 Let's enjoy such nice books and go build clear， concise， and effective solutions to all sorts of automation problems！ ;） 。。。more

Sivachandran Paramasivam ，

Excellent book for experienced programmer who wants to learn Python in-depth。I have been writing Python for more than a decode。 But I never considered myself a Python programmer as I never spent effort and time to understand the design philosophies and underlying design of Python。Fluent Python， unlike other books， doesn't bore you with the language syntax and how to write Python for common programming function。 Instead， it teaches the Python's underlying idea behind Python and discusses the pros Excellent book for experienced programmer who wants to learn Python in-depth。I have been writing Python for more than a decode。 But I never considered myself a Python programmer as I never spent effort and time to understand the design philosophies and underlying design of Python。Fluent Python， unlike other books， doesn't bore you with the language syntax and how to write Python for common programming function。 Instead， it teaches the Python's underlying idea behind Python and discusses the pros/cons comparing with other programming languages。 It also teaches the Pythonic way of achieving common programming tasks。 。。。more

Israel ，

Awesome reading， goes into details about the language。 Obviously， the reading is quite heavy and technical， most of the topics quoted by the author won't be seen by regular developers （even the author knows that and wrote on the introduction）。 But is important to read to know more about Python and to go deeper into the world of this programming language。 Awesome reading， goes into details about the language。 Obviously， the reading is quite heavy and technical， most of the topics quoted by the author won't be seen by regular developers （even the author knows that and wrote on the introduction）。 But is important to read to know more about Python and to go deeper into the world of this programming language。 。。。more

Bg96 ，

A lot （maybe too much） to digest but fairly clear and is guaranteed to teach you something new about Python。

Shiqian ，

very well

Maurício Gardini ，

One of the best programming books that I read。It is very complete and very dense， so I recommend reading it slowly， taking notes and practicing as you go。Great book to have as a reference too。

Vaibhav Solanki ，

792 pages of pure facts about the effectiveness and shortcomings of Python language。 Liked the further reading sections after every chapter。

Thabs ，

This is excellent reference material for intermediate to advanced Python programmers looking to deepen their understanding of the many functions and layers of Python。

Yanda Huang ，

Solid intermediate Python book。 （Well， I doubt whether there's really books that can cover "even more advanced" usage。） Solid intermediate Python book。 （Well， I doubt whether there's really books that can cover "even more advanced" usage。） 。。。more

Martin Votruba ，

The book aims to explain some more intricate aspects of Python and the standard library。 The author does great job explaining technical topics and conveys how true pythonic code should feel like。 All chapters are well structured， likewise the presented code is well arranged and commented。 At the end of each chapter the content is put into context of other programming languages， which I found tremendous。 The book is very captivating; I was drawn to it as if I had been reading a novel。 I would hig The book aims to explain some more intricate aspects of Python and the standard library。 The author does great job explaining technical topics and conveys how true pythonic code should feel like。 All chapters are well structured， likewise the presented code is well arranged and commented。 At the end of each chapter the content is put into context of other programming languages， which I found tremendous。 The book is very captivating; I was drawn to it as if I had been reading a novel。 I would highly recommend it to anyone who want to get comprehensive introduction to the world of Python （basic knowledge is imperative though）。 。。。more

Nico Ogawa ，

To the reader wondering whether they should wait for the 2nd Edition releasing in September this year。。。 DON'T WAIT， READ IT NOW！This book still absolutely holds up， there are just a couple things to note。 Chapter 3 on dictionaries needs a bit of an update since the implementation is now a compact dictionary， which is different from the Python 3。4 dictionary。I am curious to see Ramalho's editing on the coroutines and asyncio chapters。 He's right on the fact that coroutines are syntactically conf To the reader wondering whether they should wait for the 2nd Edition releasing in September this year。。。 DON'T WAIT， READ IT NOW！This book still absolutely holds up， there are just a couple things to note。 Chapter 3 on dictionaries needs a bit of an update since the implementation is now a compact dictionary， which is different from the Python 3。4 dictionary。I am curious to see Ramalho's editing on the coroutines and asyncio chapters。 He's right on the fact that coroutines are syntactically confusing in Python， but with asyncio's introduction with await and async declaration， I wonder if there will be any structural changes to the chapter。Lastly， the latter half of Chapter 21 on Class Metaprogramming will be edited。 Metaclass programming is confusing to begin with， and the omission of __init_subclass__ due to being Python 3。4， makes this concept even harder to apply。 Other than that， this book still feasts and will ultimately change your perspective on programming in Python。 I'd consider reading Slatkin's Effective Python 2e before or concurrently with this book。Also， you can make an O'reilly account and see the unreleased version of the 2nd edition。 As of now， he is at Chapter 16 （？）。 There is a new chapter on Type Annotations and Data Classes。 。。。more

Mr。 Musale ，

It's a well-written book。 Incomplete but full of very well written portions that make you long for the completed work。 I can't wait for the completion of this edition。 It's a well-written book。 Incomplete but full of very well written portions that make you long for the completed work。 I can't wait for the completion of this edition。 。。。more

Darrell Paul ，

This book is constantly at my side when I'm writing Python。 Ramalho has deep knowledge of the language and he isn't afraid to offer you his informed opinion with detailed reasoning。 In technical books， this is too rare。If you're writing significant amounts of Python you *need* to read this。 This book is constantly at my side when I'm writing Python。 Ramalho has deep knowledge of the language and he isn't afraid to offer you his informed opinion with detailed reasoning。 In technical books， this is too rare。If you're writing significant amounts of Python you *need* to read this。 。。。more

Perry PhD ，

Fluent Python is an amazing text with many helpful guides to a popular and growing programming language。 Strongly recommend this book to fellow data wranglers！Perry Beaumont

Kirill Sklyarenko ，

This books covers a range of Python areas， it has quite a few good tips and not so often discussed peculiarities of some popular aspects of Python。 However， in my opinion， some of more practical subjects were not given as extensive an attention as they， may be， deserve， and that volume was given to those aspects， which are not of everyday usage。 For example， as far as I understand， the author believes that context managers are a great invention， but he would not give a comprehensive view of them This books covers a range of Python areas， it has quite a few good tips and not so often discussed peculiarities of some popular aspects of Python。 However， in my opinion， some of more practical subjects were not given as extensive an attention as they， may be， deserve， and that volume was given to those aspects， which are not of everyday usage。 For example， as far as I understand， the author believes that context managers are a great invention， but he would not give a comprehensive view of them and their usages。 At the same time， such not so extensively used Python areas as metaprogramming， coroutines， asynchio take about a third of the book。 。。。more

Renton ，

This is an incredible book for those coming in with an already intermediate knowledge of python。The author Ramalho has a very distinct and personal way of writing， almost as if he is your peer helping you work through the concepts rather than a teacher。 There are also numerous excerpts and tid-bits about the history of python and the developers that have contributed to it。 He really makes you feel like you are a part of the python community just by reading， which I have never experienced from a This is an incredible book for those coming in with an already intermediate knowledge of python。The author Ramalho has a very distinct and personal way of writing， almost as if he is your peer helping you work through the concepts rather than a teacher。 There are also numerous excerpts and tid-bits about the history of python and the developers that have contributed to it。 He really makes you feel like you are a part of the python community just by reading， which I have never experienced from a textbook before。A lot of the language features and concepts he goes over are really not the sort of things most developers will be writing in their day-to-day work （unless you are creating frameworks）， and the author is the first to admit that many of the features you really *shouldn't* be using unless you are creating frameworks。 Still， it is invaluable to truly understand the inner workings of the language， and get a feel for the magic that is going on behind the scenes of your favourite libraries。This is an essential read for anyone hoping to take their python learning and understanding to the next level。 The sections on concurrent programming were in particular eye-opening as I think many developers may be used to asynchronous paradigms in javascript， but have never applied them to their python projects before。 。。。more

Reece Mathews ，

finally read this cover to cover （only took me two years！）。 a couple of things:Python is a beautiful language。 as this book notes， it’s easy for beginners and practical for professionals。 the language has insane depth and capability while maintaining its simplistic and predictable syntax/design in even its more obscure components （and without preferring consistency too much over usability）。the book itself is really well written。 it does a very good job of covering a very wide variety of more int finally read this cover to cover （only took me two years！）。 a couple of things:Python is a beautiful language。 as this book notes， it’s easy for beginners and practical for professionals。 the language has insane depth and capability while maintaining its simplistic and predictable syntax/design in even its more obscure components （and without preferring consistency too much over usability）。the book itself is really well written。 it does a very good job of covering a very wide variety of more intermediate topics with real-world examples。 as someone with a pretty decent amount of experience in python， it was nice to read something less targeted towards beginners。 now if only I could convince myself to actually really do something with this knowledge haha :/ 。。。more

Gonzalo Fernández-Victorio ，

"""Who this book is not forIf you are just learning Python， this book is going to be hard to follow""""I'm sure it will be fine"[Narrator: It wasn't fine]Seriously。 This books is really good。 However， I wasn't the target reader。 That's why four stars and not five。 But even with a rudimentary Python when I started， I've learned a lot， not specifically about Python， but about programming。 For example， now I understand coroutines in Go。 For example， now I understand classes can be objects as well。A """Who this book is not forIf you are just learning Python， this book is going to be hard to follow""""I'm sure it will be fine"[Narrator: It wasn't fine]Seriously。 This books is really good。 However， I wasn't the target reader。 That's why four stars and not five。 But even with a rudimentary Python when I started， I've learned a lot， not specifically about Python， but about programming。 For example， now I understand coroutines in Go。 For example， now I understand classes can be objects as well。Again。 The book is really good。 But I'm afraid I will have to read it again at some point in the future to fully appreciate it。 Maybe I'll change the rating then。 。。。more

Harry Su ，

I have been using python since grad school but never go deep into it。This book is a really good book to get fluent with python。 I learned a lot from it。

Nahuel ，

A must read once you get the basics of python and want to get to the next level。Teached by example， with nice curiosities along the way and a complete section of further reading on each chapter。Magnificent piece

Katerina ，

Великолепная книга。

Dang-Khoa Le Tan ，

One of the best Python books I have ever read。

Roman ，

Best book about programming language I've read so far。 Although a bit aged， it surely isn't outdated。 A lot of the concepts discussed in the book are still valid。 It teaches not only how to write an idiomatic Python code， but also some of the inner workings of the language/interpreter itself。 Looking forward to the 2nd edition。 Best book about programming language I've read so far。 Although a bit aged， it surely isn't outdated。 A lot of the concepts discussed in the book are still valid。 It teaches not only how to write an idiomatic Python code， but also some of the inner workings of the language/interpreter itself。 Looking forward to the 2nd edition。 。。。more

Dustin ，

This book is awesome。 This is must read book forpython developer who want to deep into python language 。

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