Intermediate Python

The guide to intermediate Python concepts in PDF, ePub, and HTML formats.

The Table of Contents are:

1. *args and **kwargs

1.1. Usage of *args

1.2. Usage of **kwargs

1.3. Using *args and **kwargs to call a function

1.4. When to use them?

2. Debugging

3. Generators

3.1. Iterable

3.2. Iterator

3.3. Iteration

3.4. Generators

4. Map, Filter and Reduce

4.1. Map

4.2. Filter

4.3. Reduce

5. set Data Structure

6. Ternary Operators

7. Decorators

7.1. Everything in Python is an object:

7.2. Defining functions within functions:

7.3. Returning functions from within functions:

7.4. Giving a function as an argument to another function:

7.5. Writing your first decorator:

7.6. Decorators with Arguments

8. Global & Return

8.1. Multiple return values

9. Mutation

10. __slots__ Magic

11. Virtual Environment

12. Collections

12.1. defaultdict

12.2. counter

12.3. deque

12.4. namedtuple

12.5. enum.Enum (Python 3.4+)

13. Enumerate

14. Object introspection

14.1. dir

14.2. type and id

14.3. inspect module

15. Comprehensions

15.1. list comprehensions

15.2. dict comprehensions

15.3. set comprehensions

16. Exceptions

16.1. Handling multiple exceptions:

17. Lambdas

18. One-Liners

19. For - Else

19.1. else clause:

20. Python C extensions

20.1. CTypes

20.2. SWIG

20.3. Python/C API

21. open Function

22. Targeting Python 2+3

23. Coroutines

24. Function caching

24.1. Python 3.2+

24.2. Python 2+

25. Context managers

25.1. Implementing Context Manager as a Class:

25.2. Handling exceptions

25.3. Implementing a Context Manager as a Generator

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