Fluent Python

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I am an engineer who decided to learn how to code on my own. I experimented with a bunch of different languages but fell in love with Python. I now use Python for personal projects. I was watching a YouTube video where Gina Häußge (creator of octoprint) recommended it and attributed her work to things learned in the book. So I bought it hoping to better my skills.I read this book in chapter chunks, as there is a TON of information to gain from this book. I love the structure that Ramalho uses. He provides well written descriptions and explanations for each topic(something I cannot say for most textbooks). On top of that, he provides relevant code examples for almost everything he covers. Even better, he has step-by-step explanations for the code examples that follow the execution flow. This makes it much easier to understand if you have difficulty grasping the concept at first. Aside from coding the examples yourself, this is top notch for learning skills from text.For me, I was reading this book while working on a medium sized Python project. Even though I was not searching for anything specific in this book, the more I read, the more I found ways where I could implement his teachings into my project.Ramalho includes a section at the end of each chapter to offer his opinion on said topic. As a younger programmer, I appreciated the opinion from a professional and clearly well respected member of the Python community.If you write Python and want to gain a better understanding of the language (and perhaps found the Python docs hard to read like me), this book is for you. If you do give it a read, I hope you like it as much as I did.Thanks Luciano, excellent work!

Per ogni linguaggio di sviluppo che si intende utilizzare è necessario effettuare, ad un certo punto, un salto di qualità. Occorre passare dalla semplice padronanza della sintassi ad un uso efficiente e professionale dello strumento. Questo libro serve proprio a questo. Va letto con la dovuta attenzione, senza fretta. Ne vale la pena.

A big book (I mean, your nightstand better be solid) with advanced technics in Python. Not recommended for the beginner, it's still focused on the standard library but that's enough. Obviously, I haven't finished reading it yet but from the first chapter alone you learn a lot of stuff.

So you've got the basics down in Python, what do you read now? This book. "Fluent Python" tells you which constructs to use and, almost more importantly, why. The big difference to "Effective Python" by Slatkin is that this book is in-depth and explains what happens behind the code - I have found the insights into how Python works under the hood invaluable. This is a book for people who really want to master the language, not just get somewhat better quickly. It takes quite some time to work through "Fluent Python", but it is time very well spent.If there is anything I didn't really like about "Fluent Python", it is the priority given to object-orientated programming. If you are one of those people who think that OOP has basically failed its promise, there are whole chapters that will make you grit your teeth. There is a discussion of why modern Python has better tools for functional programming than the classic map and reduce, but this is definitely a book from the OOP camp.

Could not ask for more, well, maybe except for a second edition (hopefully soon). The book provides in depth explanations and examples that will be useful for everyone who wants to take their Python skills to the next level. Highly recommended.