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Book Review: 'Pythonic Programming' by Dmitry Zinoviev

Introduction:

Python is a well-designed language. If you have not already tried it, I would highly recommend it. I have been reading a lot of books related to python. “Pythonic Programming” has been on my list to read and I finally got a chance to read it.

In this book review, I’ll be sharing my thoughts on “Pythonic Programming” by Dmitry Zinoviev.

Summary of the book:

“Pythonic Programming” is a comprehensive guide to writing Python code that is readable, efficient, and maintainable. The book covers wide range of topics, including Python syntax, tips, and performance optimization.

“Pythonic Programming” is structured into five sections with numbered tips which contain brief explanations about a particular tip. Each tip contains tidbits about particular python syntax e.g. single tuple. This book contains of a total of 100 tips which is great. This book attempts to uncover some of the best practices in python however failed to do.

In nutshell, this book is not very good in structure and content. Although I really this kind of book where the author writes “Traps” of languages. I wish more writers can write the same kind of book for other programming languages. Knowing “traps” in the language is a very huge advantage when developing in the real world.

Analysis:

This book attempts to write better python idiomatically but it fails to do so. It was a disappointing reading however there are some good tips and takeways:

General

Data Types

Functions

Performance

Safety

Conclusion:

Overall this book does not offer much, however you can read it once if you have some time.

Resources:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/168050861X?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_sem_74JJD732MCSQEMZR5PYC