The hitchhiker's guide to Python: best practices for development

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Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Conventions Used in This Book; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; Part I. Getting Started; Chapter 1. Picking an Interpreter; The State of Python 2 Versus Python 3; Recommendations; So ... 3?; Implementations; CPython; Stackless; PyPy; Jython; IronPython; PythonNet; Skulpt; MicroPython; Chapter 2. Properly Installing Python; Installing Python on Mac OS X; Setuptools and pip; virtualenv; Installing Python on Linux; Setuptools and pip; Development Tools; virtualenv; Installing Python on Windows; Setuptools and pip; virtualenv.;The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python takes the journeyman Pythonista to true expertise. More than any other language, Python was created with the philosophy of simplicity and parsimony. Now 25 years old, Python has become the primary or secondary language (after SQL) for many business users. With popularity comes diversity--and possibly dilution. This guide, collaboratively written by over a hundred members of the Python community, describes best practices currently used by package and application developers. Unlike other books for this audience, The Hitchhiker's Guide is light on reusable code and heavier on design philosophy, directing the reader to excellent sources that already exist.