Example code for the book Fluent Python, 2nd edition by Luciano Ramalho (O'Reilly, 2021).
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All chapters are undergoing review and updates, including significant rewrites in the chapters about concurrency in Part V.
New chapters in Fluent Python 2nd edition are marked with 🆕.
🚨 This table of contents is subject to change at any time until the book goes to the printer.
| Part / Chapter # | Title | Directory | 1st edition Chapter # |
|---|---|---|---|
| I – Prologue | |||
| 1 | The Python Data Model | 01-data-model | 1 |
| II – Data Structures | |||
| 2 | An Array of Sequences | 02-array-seq | 2 |
| 3 | Dictionaries and Sets | 03-dict-set | 3 |
| 4 | Text versus Bytes | 04-text-byte | 4 |
| 5 | Record-like Data Structures | 05-record-like | 🆕 |
| 6 | Object References, Mutability, and Recycling | 06-obj-ref | 8 |
| III – Functions as Objects | |||
| 7 | First-Class Funcions | 07-1class-func | 5 |
| 8 | Type Hints in Function Definitions | 08-def-type-hints | 🆕 |
| 9 | Function Decorators and Closures | 09-closure-deco | 7 |
| 10 | Design Patterns with First-Class Functions | 10-dp-1class-func | 6 |
| IV – Object-Oriented Idioms | |||
| 11 | A Pythonic Object | 11-pythonic-obj | 9 |
| 12 | Sequence Hacking, Hashing, and Slicing | 12-seq-hacking | 10 |
| 13 | Interfaces, Protocols, and ABCs | 13-protocl-abc | 11 |
| 14 | Inheritance: For Good or For Worse | 14-inheritance | 12 |
| 15 | More About Type Hints | 15-more-typing | 🆕 |
| 16 | Operator Overloading: Doing It Right | 16-op-overloading | 13 |
| V – Control Flow | |||
| 17 | Iterables, Iterators, and Generators | 17-it-generator | 14 |
| 18 | Context Managers and else Blocks | 18-context-mngr | 15 |
| 19 | Classic Coroutines | 19-coroutine | 16 |
| 20 | Concurrency Models in Python | 20-concurrency | 🆕 |
| 21 | Concurrency with Futures | 21-futures | 17 |
| 22 | Asynchronous Programming | 22-async | 18 |
| VI – Metaprogramming | |||
| 23 | Dynamic Attributes and Properties | 23-dyn-attr-prop | 19 |
| 24 | Attribute Descriptors | 24-descriptor | 20 |
| 25 | Class Metaprogramming | 25-class-metaprog | 21 |