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Advanced Python Programming

You're reading from Advanced Python Programming Build high performance, concurrent, and multi-threaded apps with Python using proven design patterns

Product type Course

Published in Feb 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838551216

Length 672 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Tools

Dask

Concepts

Design Patterns

Authors (3):

Quan Nguyen

Sakis Kasampalis

Dr. Gabriele Lanaro

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Table of Contents (41) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright

About Packt

Contributors

Preface

Benchmarking and Profiling

Pure Python Optimizations FREE CHAPTER

Fast Array Operations with NumPy and Pandas

C Performance with Cython

Exploring Compilers

Implementing Concurrency

Parallel Processing

Advanced Introduction to Concurrent and Parallel Programming

Amdahl's Law

Working with Threads in Python

Using the with Statement in Threads

Concurrent Web Requests

Working with Processes in Python

Reduction Operators in Processes

Concurrent Image Processing

Introduction to Asynchronous Programming

Implementing Asynchronous Programming in Python

Building Communication Channels with asyncio

Deadlocks

Starvation

Race Conditions

The Global Interpreter Lock

The Factory Pattern

The Builder Pattern

Other Creational Patterns

The Adapter Pattern

The Decorator Pattern

The Bridge Pattern

The Facade Pattern

Other Structural Patterns

The Chain of Responsibility Pattern

The Command Pattern

The Observer Pattern

1. Appendix

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Index

Chapter 9. Amdahl's Law

Often used in discussions revolving around concurrent programs, Amdahl's Law explains the theoretical speedup of the execution of a program that can be expected when using concurrency. In this chapter, we will discuss the concept of Amdahl's Law, and we will analyze its formula, which estimates the potential speedup of a program and replicates it in Python code. This chapter will also briefly cover the relationship between Amdahl's Law and the law of diminishing returns.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

Amdahl's Law
Amdahl's Law: its formula and interpretation
The relationship between Amdahl's Law and the law of diminishing returns
Simulation in Python, and the practical applications of Amdahl's Law

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Authors (3)

Dr. Gabriele Lanaro

Dr. Gabriele Lanaro

Dr. Gabriele Lanaro is passionate about good software and is the author of the chemlab and chemview open source packages. His interests span machine learning, numerical computing visualization, and web technologies. In 2013, he authored the first edition of the book High Performance Python Programming. He has been conducting research to study the formation and growth of crystals using medium and large-scale computer simulations. In 2017, he obtained his PhD in theoretical chemistry.

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Sakis Kasampalis

Sakis Kasampalis

Sakis Kasampalis is a software architect living in the Netherlands. He is not dogmatic about particular programming languages and tools; his principle is that the right tool should be used for the right job. One of his favorite tools is Python because he finds it very productive. Sakis was also the technical reviewer of Mastering Object-oriented Python and Learning Python Design Patterns, published by Packt Publishing.

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Quan Nguyen

Quan Nguyen

Quan Nguyen, the author of the first edition of this book, is a Python programmer with a strong passion for machine learning. He holds a dual degree in mathematics and computer science, with a minor in philosophy, earned from DePauw University. Quan is deeply involved in the Python community and has authored multiple Python books, contributing to the Python Software Foundation and regularly sharing insights on DataScience portal. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in computer science at Washington University in St. Louis.

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