Fluent Python Code Snippets

This repository contains code I am writing whilst going through Luciano Ramalho's "Fluent Python" book.

Part 1. Prologue

1. The Python Data Model

• french_deck.py a Python class representing a french deck of cards, highlighting the power of Python.
• vector.py a Python class representing a vector, implementation of special methods.

Part 2. Data Structures

2. An Array of Sequences

• listcomps.py a Python code snippet used to visualise list comprehension in Python.
• gen_exps.py a Python code snippet showing how to use generator expressions.
• tuples_lists.py a Python code snippet demonstrating the uses of tuples and lists in Python.
• arrays_queues.py a Python code snippet demonstrating when to use arrays and queues, and why in Python.

3. Dictionaries and Sets

• dictionaries.py a Python code snipper used to show some of the features of dictionaries in Python.
• sets.py a Python code snippet to show some of the features of the widely under used set type.

4. Text vs. Bytes

• text_vs_bytes.py a Python code snippet to show the difference between text and bytes in Python.

Part 3. Functions as Objects

5. First-Class Functions

• functions.py a Python code snippet to show Python treating functions as objects, everything in Python is an object.

6. Design Patterns with First-Class Functions

• design_patterns.py a Python code snippet showing the design patters which can be used with first-class functions in Python.
• design_patterns_2.py a Python code snippet showing the design patters which can be used with first-class functions in Python.

7. Function Decorators and Closures

• decorators_101.py a Python code snippet showing the behaviour and usefulness of decorators in the Python language.
• clockdeco_demo.py a Python code snippet shwoing an example of a decorator function in action.
• clockdeco2.py a Python code snipper showing another default library decorator in action.

Part 4. Object-Oriented Idioms

8. Object References, Mutability, and Recycling

• obj_ref_mut_recy.py a Python code snippet showing some of the contents covered in this chapter.

9. A Pythonic Object

• vector2d_v0.py a Python class detailing Python objects using coded examples.
• private_protected.py a Python code snippet showing protected and private variables in Python.

10. Sequence Hacking, Hashing, and Slicing

• 10.py a Python code snippet showcasing "sequence hacking, hashing and slicing" in Python.

11. Interfaces: From Protocols to ABCs

• interfaces_protocols.py a Python code snippet covering some of the topics of this chapter.

12. Inheritance: For Good or For Worse

• inheritance.py a Python code snippet showing some of the inheritance features of Python.

13. Operator Overloading: Doing It Right

• op_overloading.py A python code snippet highlighting some of the operator overloading concepts in Python.

Part 5. Control Flow

14. Iterables, Iterators, and Generators

• sequences.py A Python code snippet detailing some of the iteration specificities of Python.