5.11 Exercises
This chapter’s exercises are based on code available from Packt Publishing on GitHub. See https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Functional-Python-Programming-3rd-Edition.
In some cases, the reader will notice that the code provided on GitHub includes partial solutions to some of the exercises. These serve as hints, allowing the reader to explore alternative solutions.
In many cases, exercises will need unit test cases to confirm they actually solve the problem. These are often identical to the unit test cases provided in the GitHub repository. The reader should replace the book’s example function name with their own solution to confirm that it works.
5.11.1 Classification of state
A web application might have a number of servers of various kinds, a database, and installed software components. Someone responsible for website reliability will want to know when things are running reasonably well. When things are broken, they’ll want details.
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