256 Python Things I Wish I Knew Earlier

[Summary]

256 useful Python things that younger me would have benefitted from knowing earlier

[Who this book is for]

Beginner or intermediate level Python learners who want to learn useful new things about Python

[What you stand to gain from this book]

I'm confident that you'll learn at least 100 new things about Python that you've not known before (unless you're already a Python expert)

[Author]

Software engineer @ Meta (Singapore)

Python educator @ Medium (850+ articles, 100K+ followers, 2mil+ reads)

[Why I am qualified to write this book]

Used Python extensively in Meta (Sep 2024 - current) to build multiple automation workflows and APIs

Used Python extensively in Morgan Stanley (Sep 2022 - Aug 2024) to build and migrate a multitude of APIs using Python, Flask and FastAPI

Python writer on Medium with 850+ articles, 100K+ followers and 2+ million reads

Wrote multiple PyPI libraries with 85K+ downloads

Write multiple other ebooks with 100+ sales

Python tutor with 1000+ hours of experience

[Some highlights from this book]

3) We can print coloured text in terminal

40) {var=} in f-strings

65) mydict[key] VS mydict.get(key)

81) We can use * and ** to unpack lists/dicts into functions

106) Advanced customizable decorators

111) Frozensets and why we use them

173) Why from X import * is bad practice

190) breakpoint() and the Python Debugger (pdb)

210) python -i myscript.py, the -i flag, and running code in interactive mode

233) async def, Asynchronous functions, await & coroutines

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