Supercharged Python: Take Your Code to the Next Level

Brian Overland · John Bennett

Jun 2019 · Addison-Wesley Professional

About this ebook

“Brian Overland makes programming simple. . . . To my amazement, his books explain complicated code clearly enough for anyone to understand.”
—Art Sedighi, PhD Tapping into the full power of Python doesn’t have to be difficult. Supercharged Python is written for people who’ve learned the fundamentals of the language but want to take their skills to the next level.

After a quick review of Python, the book covers: advanced list and string techniques; all the ways to handle text and binary files; financial applications; advanced techniques for writing classes; generators and decorators; and how to master packages such as Numpy (Numeric Python) to supercharge your applications!

• Use profilers and “magic methods” to code like a pro
• Harness the power of regular expressions to process text quickly with a single statement
• Take advantage of 22 coding shortcuts, along with performance tips, to save time and optimize your code
• Create really useful classes and objects, for games, simulations, money, mathematics, and more
• Use multiple modules to build powerful apps while avoiding the “gotchas”
• Import packages to dramatically speed up statistical operations—by as much as 100 times!
• Refer to the five-part language reference to look up fine points of the language

Supercharged Python demonstrates techniques that allow you to write faster and more powerful code, whether you’re manipulating large amounts of data or building sophisticated applications.

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Ratings and reviews

Words cannot describe how much I hate this book. I liked learning Python until I read this book. It makes reading and learning about Python a chore. The writing in this book is like one giant puzzle: you have to try and figure out what exactly the authors are trying to say/mean with every sentence. This makes reading the book at a normal pace impossible, as each chapter takes hours to get through with the reader having to slowly piece the mess together to form something somewhat comprehensible. In the beginning of the book the authors claim that their work is the easiest to understand with the best format possible, yet I have found this to be completely untrue. I would absolutely not recommend this book to anyone. It is a nightmare to read. If you are looking for a book about Python, I would recommend buying "Starting Out with Python" by Tony Gaddis instead. Its easier and quicker read, and makes understanding/learning about Python accessible to everyone.

About the author

Brian Overland is a textbook author, sometime actor, programmer, film reviewer, and novelist. He has been professionally programming with the C family of languages since the early 1980s and spent 10 years at Microsoft, first as a software tester and then as programmer/writer, manager, and project lead. Almost unique among programmers, he is an award-winning writer deeply committed to teaching and simplifying advanced concepts. You can read his comments on technology, reviews, and his upcoming book projects at brianoverland.com.

John Bennett was formerly a senior software engineer at Proximity Technology, Franklin Electronic Publishing, and Microsoft Corporation. More recently, he has developed new programming languages using Python as a prototyping tool. He has worked on a variety of software projects, including a handheld spellchecker and East Asian handwriting recognition software. He holds nine U.S. patents.