Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way

Transform Your Ideas into High-Quality Python Code!

Zed Shaw has perfected the world’s best system for becoming a truly effective Python 3.x developer. Follow it and you will succeed―just like the tens of millions of programmers he’s already taught. You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else.

In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, Zed Shaw taught you the basics of Programming with Python 3. Now, in Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way, you’ll go far beyond the basics by working through 52 brilliantly crafted projects. Each one helps you build a key practical skill, combining demos to get you started and challenges to deepen your understanding. Zed then teaches you even more in 12 hours of online videos, where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code.

First, you’ll discover how to analyze a concept, idea, or problem to implement in software. Then, step by step, you’ll learn to design solutions based on your analyses and implement them as simply and elegantly as possible. Throughout, Shaw stresses process so you can get started and build momentum, creativity to solve new problems, and quality so you’ll build code people can rely on.

Manage complex projects with a programmer’s text editor
Leverage the immense power of data structures
Apply algorithms to process your data structures
Master indispensable text parsing and processing techniques
Use SQL to efficiently and logically model stored data
Learn powerful command-line tools and skills
Combine multiple practices in complete projects

It’ll be hard at first. But soon, you’ll just get it―and that will feel great!

This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you’ll go beyond merely writing code that runs: you’ll craft high-quality Python code that solves real problems. You’ll be a serious Python programmer.

Perfect for Everyone Who’s Already Started Working with Python, including Junior Developers and Seasoned Python Programmers Upgrading to Python 3.6+

Title: Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way
Subtitle: The Next Step for New Python Programmers
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Author(s): Zed A. Shaw
Published: 2017-10-19
Edition: 1
Format: eBook (pdf, epub, mobi)
Pages: 236
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0134123484
ISBN-13: 9780134123486
License: Read online for free
Book Homepage: Free eBook, Errata, Code, Solutions, etc.

Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
    It’s All Personal
    Using the Included Videos
PART I Initial Knowledge
    What If I Hate Your Stupid Personal Process Zed?
    What If I Find Out I’m Terrible?
Exercise 0 The Setup
    A Programmer’s Editor
    Python 3.6
    A Working Terminal
    A Working pip+virtualenv Configuration
    Lab Journal
    A Github.com Account
    git
    Optional: Screen-Recording Software
    Further Study
Exercise 1 On Process
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 2 On Creativity
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
Exercise 3 On Quality
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
PART II Quick Hacks
    How to Practice Creativity
    A Process for Early Coders
    An Early Coder’s Coding Process
Exercise 4 Dealing with Command Line Arguments
    Exercise Challenge
    Solution
    Study Drills
Exercise 5 cat
    Exercise Challenge
    Solution
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 6 find
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 7 grep
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 8 cut
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
    Further Study
Exercise 9 sed
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 10 sort
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 11 uniq
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 12 Review
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
PART III Data Structures
    Learning Quality through Data Structures
    How to Study Data Structures
Exercise 13 Single Linked Lists
    Description
    Controller
    Test
    Introductory Auditing
    Exercise Challenge
    Auditing
    Study Drill
Exercise 14 Double Linked Lists
    Introducing Invariant Conditions
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
Exercise 15 Stacks and Queues
    Exercise Challenge
    Breaking It
    Further Study
Exercise 16 Bubble, Quick, and Merge Sort
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Bubble Sort
    Merge Sort
    Merge Sort Cheat Mode
    Quick Sort
    Study Drills
Exercise 17 Dictionary
    Exercise Challenge
    Doing a “Code Master Copy”
    Copy the Code
    Annotate the Code
    Summarize the Data Structure
    Memorize the Summary
    Implement from Memory
    Repeat
    Study Drills
    Break It
Exercise 18 Measuring Performance
    The Tools
    timeit
    cProfile and profile
    Analyzing Performance
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Breaking It
    Further Study
Exercise 19 Improving Performance
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 20 Binary Search Trees
    BSTree Requirements
    Deleting
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 21 Binary Search
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 22 Suffix Arrays
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 23 Ternary Search Trees
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 24 Fast URL Search
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
PART IV Intermediate Projects
    Tracking Your Defects
Exercise 25 xargs
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 26 hexdump
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
    Further Study
Exercise 27 tr
    Exercise Challenge
    A Criticism of 45-Minute Blocks
    Study Drills
Exercise 28 sh
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
    Further Study
Exercise 29 diff and patch
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
    Further Study
PART V Parsing Text
    Introducing Code Coverage
Exercise 30 Finite State Machines
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 31 Regular Expressions
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 32 Scanners
    Puny Python Scanner
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 33 Parsers
    Recursive Descent Parsing
    BNF Grammars
    Quick Demo Hack Parser
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
    Further Study
Exercise 34 Analyzers
    Visitor Pattern
    A Short Puny Python Analyzer
    Parser versus Analyzer
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 35 Interpreters
    Interpreters versus Compilers
    Python Is Both
    How to Write an Interpreter
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 36 Simple Calculator
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
    Further Study
Exercise 37 Little BASIC
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
PART VI SQL and Object Relational Mapping
    Understanding SQL Is Understanding Tables
    What You’ll Learn
Exercise 38 Introduction to SQL
    What Is SQL?
    The Setup
    Learning SQL Vocabulary
    SQL Grammar
    Further Study
Exercise 39 Creating with SQL
    Creating Tables
    Creating a Multi-table Database
    Inserting Data
    Insert Referential Data
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 40 Reading with SQL
    Select across Many Tables
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 41 Updating with SQL
    Updating Complex Data
    Replacing Data
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 42 Deleting with SQL
    Deleting Using Other Tables
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 43 SQL Administration
    Destroying and Altering Tables
    Migrating and Evolving Data
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 44 Using Python’s Database API
    Learning an API
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
Exercise 45 Creating an ORM
    Exercise Challenge
    Further Study
PART VII Final Projects
    What Is Your Process?
Exercise 46 blog
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 47 bc
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
Exercise 48 ed
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 49 sed
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drill
Exercise 50 vi
    Exercise Challenge
    Study Drills
Exercise 51 lessweb
    Exercise Challenge
    Breaking It
    Study Drills
Exercise 52 moreweb
    Exercise Challenge
    Breaking It
    Further Study
Index