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Python Cookbook (3rd Edition), Chinese Edition

Rating 4.6
Chapters
15
Series
O'Reilly Animal Series (Chinese Edition)
ISBN
9787115379597

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Summary

Python Cookbook (3rd Edition), Chinese Edition is the Chinese translation of the third edition of O'Reilly's classic Python recipe collection, corresponding to the original Python Cookbook, 3rd Edition (2013). The book is organized around specific problems that frequently arise in Python 3 development, divided by theme into 15 chapters covering data structures and algorithms, strings and text, numbers and dates and times, iterators and generators, files and I/O, data encoding and processing, functions, classes and objects, metaprogramming, modules and packages, network and web programming, concurrency, utility scripts and system administration, testing, debugging, and exceptions, and C language extensions, with more than one hundred practical recipes. The example code was written and tested in Python 3.3; each section typically poses a task, gives a ready-to-apply solution, and explains why it works and what trade-offs it involves, helping readers move from "knowing how" to "understanding why." Spanning many technical threads, the book can be read through to systematically review modern Python 3 idioms, or used as a desk reference to consult by chapter when specific problems arise. Compared with earlier editions, the third edition turns fully to Python 3 and is especially valuable to developers still maintaining or migrating old Python 2 code. Overall it is an advanced book for readers with some programming foundation, not a zero-start tutorial or a function reference manual.

Editor's review

如果你已经能写 Python,却常常在“这段代码还能怎么写得更漂亮”上卡住,这本书正是为此准备的。它不按语言知识点平铺直叙,而是从一个个真实问题切入:怎样让数据结构更省内存、怎样把生成器用得恰到好处、怎样在类与元编程之间做出取舍、并发该选线程还是进程。每个案例都给出现成可用的解法,再讲清背后的机制与代价,读完往往会有“原来还能这样”的顿悟感。第三版全面改写为 Python 3,示例在 3.3 环境下测试过,对正在把旧项目从 Python 2 迁移过来的团队尤其实用。它的价值不在于从头读到尾,而在于长期摆在手边:写代码时随手翻一章,比看十篇零散博客更成体系。中译本由陈舸翻译,专业术语处理得当,代码可读性良好。需要提醒的是,本书假定读者已有一定基础,零起点读者容易被案例的密度压住,建议先打牢语法与常用库再上手。

Who it's for

A good fit for

  • 已掌握 Python 基础语法、希望系统提升实战能力的中级开发者
  • 正在把旧项目从 Python 2 迁移到 Python 3、需要现代写法的工程师
  • 需要案头工具书、按问题查阅解法的一线开发人员
  • 计算机相关专业高年级学生,用于补充课程之外的工程实践
  • 做数据处理、脚本自动化或后端开发、想拓宽技术视野的从业者

Not a good fit for

  • 完全没有编程经验的零基础读者,容易被案例难度劝退
  • 只想快速查阅某个函数用法的人,本书不是 API 速查手册
  • 只使用 Python 2 且近期无迁移计划的开发者,第三版内容全面转向 Python 3

Reading tips

  1. 不要按顺序硬啃,先浏览目录标记与自己工作相关的章节,优先读能立刻用上的部分。
  2. 每读一个案例,先合上书自己动手写一遍,再对照书中方案,差异处往往就是收获。
  3. 把示例代码整理进自己的代码片段库,长期积累比一次性通读更有价值。
  4. 遇到涉及并发、元编程等陌生主题时,配合官方文档与相关专题书延伸阅读。

About the publisher

Posts & Telecom Press China · Founded in 1953

Posts & Telecom Press is known for its strengths in science and technology, computing, and information and communications titles, and has extended its publishing into photography, art, software learning, and inspirational growth, giving it a fairly diverse range. Its catalog includes computing and communications works such as Refactoring and Patterns (Revised Edition) and Huawei Switch Learning Guide (Second Edition), alongside bilingual collector's editions such as The Little Prince (Chinese-English-French illustrated collector's edition), The Great Gatsby, and Three Days to See. Beijing Ten Years: 1980-1990 and Ghost Blade: WLOP Personal Illustration Collection reflect its presence in photography and art. Its authors include Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Helen Keller, Joshua Kerievsky, Wang Da, Zhang Zhaozeng, and WLOP.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1 Data Structures and Algorithms
  2. Chapter 2 Strings and Text
  3. Chapter 3 Numbers, Dates, and Times
  4. Chapter 4 Iterators and Generators
  5. Chapter 5 Files and I/O
  6. Chapter 6 Data Encoding and Processing
  7. Chapter 7 Functions
  8. Chapter 8 Classes and Objects
  9. Chapter 9 Metaprogramming
  10. Chapter 10 Modules and Packages
  11. Chapter 11 Network and Web Programming
  12. Chapter 12 Concurrency
  13. Chapter 13 Utility Scripts and System Administration
  14. Chapter 14 Testing, Debugging, and Exceptions
  15. Chapter 15 C Extensions

FAQ

这本书适合零基础学 Python 的人吗?
不适合。书中假定读者已有一定 Python 基础,并了解数据结构、算法复杂度、系统编程等概念,定位是进阶与实战参考。零基础读者建议先读完一本入门教程再回来使用。
这一版和旧版最大的区别是什么?
第三版全面转向 Python 3,示例在 Python 3.3 环境下编写并测试,整体结构与主题都做了重写,而非在旧版基础上小修小补。对需要维护或迁移 Python 2 代码的读者尤其有价值。
书里的内容需要从头读到尾吗?
不必。全书按问题领域分章,各节相对独立,更适合作为工具书按需查阅。当然,通读一遍有助于建立对 Python 3 现代惯用法的整体认识。
中文版的译者和出版信息是什么?
中文版由陈舸翻译,人民邮电出版社 2015 年 5 月出版,ISBN 为 9787115379597,平装 16 开,约 684 页,属于 O'Reilly 动物系列中译本。
网上流传的免费中文版和这本书一样吗?
网络上流传的《Python 3 Cookbook》中文在线版由熊能等志愿者翻译,是开源社区译本,内容对应同一本英文原书,但与人民邮电出版社出版的陈舸译本在译文和编排上并不完全相同。

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