Python Distilled (Paperback)

Python has grown into one of the world's most popular programming languages, with a wealth of reference information available for it. For Python programmers, the richness of modern Python presents new challenges. It can be overwhelming to know where to begin--or even whether you're coding in a reasonable style. Problems like these are the foundation for Dave Beazley's new Python Distilled.

Focusing solely on the latest versions of Python (3.5 and higher), this title returns to the roots of Beazley's classic Python Essential Reference. This new book is a concise but powerfully useful handbook on effective Python programming. Rather than trying to document everything, Beazley now focuses on what is truly essential. In so doing, he reflects all he's learned through years of teaching Python to scientists, engineers, and software professionals, as well as writing software libraries and pushing the envelope of what Python makes possible.

Beazley covers abstraction techniques, program structure, data, functions, objects, modules, and other topics selected to serve programmers working on Python projects of any size. He never forgets that productivity isn't enough; programming ought to capture the magic that lives inside the computer. It should be fun, too.

Python已成為世界上最受歡迎的程式語言之一，有大量的參考資料可供使用。對於Python程式設計師來說，現代Python的豐富性帶來了新的挑戰。要知道從何處開始，甚至是否以合理的方式編碼，可能會讓人感到不知所措。這些問題是Dave Beazley新書《Python Distilled》的基礎。

這本書專注於最新版本的Python（3.5及更高版本），回歸到Beazley經典著作《Python Essential Reference》的根源。這本新書是一本簡潔但極具實用價值的Python編程手冊。Beazley不再試圖記錄所有內容，而是專注於真正重要的內容。在這樣做的過程中，他反映了多年來教授Python給科學家、工程師和軟體專業人士的經驗，以及撰寫軟體庫和推動Python所能實現的極限。

Beazley涵蓋了抽象技術、程式結構、資料、函式、物件、模組和其他適用於任何規模Python專案的主題。他從不忘記生產力並不足夠；程式設計應該捕捉到電腦內部的魔力。它也應該是有趣的。

David Beazley is the author of the Python Essential Reference, Fourth Edition (Addison-Wesley), and Python Cookbook, Third Edition (O'Reilly Media). He currently teaches advanced computer science courses through his company, Dabeaz LLC ( www.dabeaz.com). He's been using, writing about, speaking about, and teaching Python since 1996.

David Beazley是《Python Essential Reference, Fourth Edition》（Addison-Wesley）和《Python Cookbook, Third Edition》（O'Reilly Media）的作者。他目前透過他的公司Dabeaz LLC（www.dabeaz.com）教授高階的電腦科學課程。自1996年以來，他一直在使用、撰寫、演講和教授Python。