Dive into Python 3

“Dive into Python 3” delves into the intricacies of Python programming, exploring topics such as the speed of Python, the importance of short-term memory in AI applications, and the significance of data augmentation in machine learning. The document discusses the challenges and solutions related to Python programming speed, the implementation of short-term memory for maintaining conversation context, and the utilization of data augmentation techniques to enhance machine learning models. It provides insights into optimizing Python code, leveraging AI technologies effectively, and improving model performance through data augmentation strategies.

Advanced Iterators

Dive into Python 3

Just as regular expressions put strings on steroids, the itertools module puts iterators on steroids. But first, I want to show you a classic puzzle. Puzzles like this are called cryptarithms or alpha...

Classes

Dive into Python 3

Iterators are the “secret sauce” of Python 3. They’re everywhere, underlying everything, always just out of sight. Comprehensions are just a simple form of iterators . Generators are just a simple for...

What’s New In “Dive Into Python 3”

Dive into Python 3

Are you already a Python programmer? Did you read the original “ Dive Into Python ”? Did you buy it on paper? (If so, thanks!) Are you ready to take the plunge into Python 3? … If so, read on. (If non...

Installing Python

Dive into Python 3

Before you can start programming in Python 3, you need to install it. Or do you? Which Python Is Right For You? If you're using an account on a hosted server, your ISP may have already installed Pytho...

Your First Python Program

Dive into Python 3

Convention dictates that I should bore you with the fundamental building blocks of programming, so we can slowly work up to building something useful. Let’s skip all that. Here is a complete, working ...

Native Datatypes

Dive into Python 3

Datatypes. Set aside your first Python program for just a minute, and let’s talk about datatypes. In Python, every value has a datatype , but you don’t need to declare the datatype of variables. How d...

Comprehensions

Dive into Python 3

Every programming language has that one feature, a complicated thing intentionally made simple. If you’re coming from another language, you could easily miss it, because your old language didn’t make ...

Strings

Dive into Python 3

Few people think about it, but text is incredibly complicated. Start with the alphabet. The people of Bougainville have the smallest alphabet in the world; their Rotokas alphabet is composed of only 1...

Regular Expressions

Dive into Python 3

Getting a small bit of text out of a large block of text is a challenge. In Python, strings have methods for searching and replacing: index() , find() , split() , count() , replace() , & c. But these ...

Closures

Dive into Python 3

Having grown up the son of a librarian and an English major, I have always been fascinated by languages. Not programming languages. Well yes, programming languages, but also natural languages. Take En...

Unit Testing

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Kids today. So spoiled by these fast computers and fancy “dynamic” languages. Write first, ship second, debug third (if ever). In my day, we had discipline. Discipline, I say! We had to write programs...

Refactoring

Dive into Python 3

Like it or not, bugs happen. Despite your best efforts to write comprehensive unit tests , bugs happen. What do I mean by “bug”? A bug is a test case you haven’t written yet. This is a bug. An empty s...