Core Python: Functions and Functional Programming
By Austin Bingham and Robert Smallshire
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Description
In Python, as with most programming languages, functions are a fundamental tool for managing program complexity. Understanding how to use functions fluently is a key skill on the road to mastering Python, as is knowing alternative techniques for the cases where functions are insufficient for your needs. In this course, Core Python: Functions and Functional Programming, you'll learn about some of the finer details of using functions as well as more general concepts that subsume them. First, you'll look at the various types of callable objects in Python, along with extended argument definition and calling syntax. Then, you'll explore local functions and the concept of closures that allow them to work. Next, you'll discover Python's powerful system of decorators which allow you to enhance or modify existing functions. Finally, you'll understand the functional-style programming tools in Python along with advanced use of comprehensions. By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of Python's sophisticated approach to calling functions, and you'll see that functions are actually just one aspect of a more general set of concepts in the language.
About the author
Austin is a founding director of Sixty North, a software consulting, training, and application development company. He's a native of Texas but currently lives in Norway where he writes software, runs a local software interest group, and presents and teaches whenever he can.
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About the author
Robert Smallshire is a founding director of Sixty North, a software product and consulting business in based in Norway. He has held several senior software architecture and technical management roles, and he is a regular conference speaker. Python is his weapon of choice.
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Course Overview
[Autogenerated] Hi, everyone. My name is Austin Bingham and welcome to my course core python functions and functional programming. I'm a founder and principal consultant at 60 North in Python. As with most programming languages, functions are a fundamental tool for managing program complexity. Understanding how to use functions fluently is a key skill on the road to mastering python, as is knowing alternative techniques for the cases where functions are insufficient for your needs. In this course, we'll look at some of the finer details of using functions as well as more general concepts that subsumed them. Some of the major topics will cover include the notion of cola bles, a generalization of functions that includes several other constructs and fighting lamb does a less powerful form of functions that don't require names, extended forms of pythons, formal argument and cooling syntax. The concept of closures whereby functions can retain access to objects that might otherwise be garbage. Collected Decorator's a powerful technique for augmenting functions without modifying the functions themselves. Tools for writing python in a functional style. Advanced use of comprehension sze, including nesting and the use of multiple inputs. By the end of this course, you'll have a deeper understanding of pythons sophisticated approach to calling functions, and you'll see that functions are actually just one aspect of a more general set of concepts in the language. Before beginning the course, you should be familiar with the basic use of functions and python, and you should be familiar with both comprehension tze and generator expressions. From here, you should feel comfortable diving into other core python language courses on robust resource in error handling, introspection, numeric types, dates and times. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn more about functions in Python with E Corp. Python Functions and Functional Programming course at Coral site.