CS 3723, Python "Must Reads"/title> <link type="text/css" href="../../../styles/python.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="http://www.cs.utsa.edu/~wagner/favicon.ico"> </head> <table noborder width=800><tr><td> </td><td> <table noborder class="head" cellpadding="8"><tr><td> <a href="http://www.python.org/" class="headl" title="Python Homepage"> <img src="../logos/pylogo.png" width=100 height=100></a></td> <td align=center> <table noborder class="head" cellpadding="0"><tr><td> <div class="subtitlerow">CS 3723<br> Programming Languages </div></td></tr> <tr><td><div class="titlerow"><i> Python "Must Reads" <i></div></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table><p/> (This material taken from: <a href="http://around-technology.blogspot.com/2014/03/a-collection-of-python-must-reads.html">here</a>.)<p/> <font class="orheadx"><i>A bit of Python & other things</i>, by Jesse Noller:</font> <ul> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/231767/the-python-yield-keyword-explained/231855#231855">The Python yield keyword explained</a></li> <li><a href="http://rhettinger.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/super-considered-super/">Python's super() considered super!</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/739654/understanding-python-decorators/1594484#1594484">Understanding Python Decorators</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/100003/what-is-a-metaclass-in-python/6581949#6581949">What is a metaclass in Python?</a></li> <li><a href="http://cleverdevil.org/computing/78/">Metaclasses Demystified</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5589532/try-catch-or-validation-for-speed/">Try/Catch for validation or speed?</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4859129/python-and-python-c-api-new-versus-init/">Python (and Python C API): __new__ versus __init__</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6019627/python-self-keyword">Python "self" keyword</a></li> <li><a href="http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/7/9/python-and-pola/">Python and the Principle of Least Astonishment</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dabeaz.com/coroutines/">A Curious Course on Coroutines and Concurrency</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.dabeaz.com/generators/">Generator Tricks for Systems Programmers</a></li> <li><a href="http://python.net/~goodger/projects/pycon/2007/idiomatic/handout.html">Code like a Pythonista: Idiomatic Python</a> (2007)</li> <li>The <strong>entire</strong> <a href="http://www.doughellmann.com/PyMOTW/">Python Module of the week archive</a> <li>(By me) <a href="http://jessenoller.com/blog/2009/02/01/python-threads-and-the-global-interpreter-lock" target="_blank">Python Threads and the global interpreter lock</a></li> <li>(By me) <a href="http://jessenoller.com/blog/2009/02/03/get-with-the-program-as-contextmanager-completely-different" target="_blank">Get with the program as context manager</a></li> <li><a href="http://norvig.com/lispy.html">How to write a Lisp interpreter in Python</a></li> <li><a href="http://farmdev.com/talks/unicode/">Unicode in Python, Completely Demystified</a></li> <li><a href="http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/unicode-for-dummies-just-use-utf-8/">Unicode for Dummies - Just use UTF-8</a></li> <li><a href="http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/debugging-in-python/">Debugging in Python</a></li> <li><a href="http://sayspy.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-handle-multiple-inheritance-of.html">How to handle multiple inheritance of ABCs that implement each others abstract methods</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aosabook.org/en/packaging.html">AOSA: Python Packaging</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.stat.washington.edu/~hoytak/blog/whypython.html">10 Reasons Python Rocks for Research (And a Few Reasons it Doesn’t)</a></li> <li><a href="http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/output/html/singlepage/bgnet.html">Beej's Guide to Network Programming</a></li> <li><a href="http://scotdoyle.com/python-epoll-howto.html">How to use Linux epoll with Python</a></li> <li><a href="http://zephyrfalcon.org/labs/beginners_mistakes.html">Python beginner's Mistakes</a></li> <li><a href="http://pythonconquerstheuniverse.wordpress.com/2010/07/25/command-line-syntax-some-basic-concepts/">Command Line syntax: Some basic Concepts</a></li> <li><a href="http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/2/1/exec-in-python/">Be careful with exec and eval in Python</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-cpdecor/index.html">Decorators make magic easy</a></li> <li><a href="http://bugs.python.org/file4451/timsort.txt">The detailed guide to "Timsort" (which Java adopted, FWIW)</a></li> <li><a href="http://svn.python.org/view/*checkout*/python/trunk/Objects/dictnotes.txt">Notes on optimizing dictionaries</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/essays/list2str.html">Python Patterns - An Optimization Anecdote</a></li> <li><a href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonSpeed/PerformanceTips">Python Performance Tips</a></li> <li><a href="http://users.rcn.com/python/download/Descriptor.htm">How-to guide for Python Descriptors</a></li> <li><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/101268/hidden-features-of-python">Hidden Features of Python</a></li> <li><a href="http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html">Python is Not Java</a> (2004) <li><a href="http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/java-is-not-python-either.html">Java is not Python, either</a></li> <li><a href="http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-interfaces-are-not-java.html">Python Interfaces are not Java Interfaces</a></li> </ul><p/> <hr/> <em> Revision date:</em> <b>2014-01-03</b>. 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