Python High Performance Programming: Boost the Performance of Your Python Programs Using Advanced Techniques - Softcover

Lanaro, Gabriele

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783288450 ISBN 13: 9781783288458

Publisher: Packt Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

An exciting, easy-to-follow guide illustrating the techniques to boost the performance of Python code, and their applications with plenty of hands-on examples. If you are a programmer who likes the power and simplicity of Python and would like to use this language for performance-critical applications, this book is ideal for you. All that is required is a basic knowledge of the Python programming language. The book will cover basic and advanced topics so will be great for you whether you are a new or a seasoned Python developer.

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About the Author

Gabriele Lanaro is a PhD student in Chemistry at the University of British Columbia, in the fi eld of Molecular Simulation. He writes high performance Python code to analyze chemical systems in large-scale simulations. He is the creator of Chemlab―a high performance visualization software in Python―and emacs-for-python―a collection of emacs extensions that facilitate working with Python code in the emacs text editor. This book builds on his experience in writing scientifi c Python code for his research and personal projects.

Edition details

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1783288450
• ISBN 13: 9781783288458
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108