Functional Python Programming - Second Edition: Discover the power of functional programming

Create succinct and expressive implementations with functional programming in Python

Key Features

- Learn how to choose between imperative and functional approaches based on

expressiveness, clarity, and performance

- Get familiar with complex concepts such as monads, concurrency, and immutability

- Apply functional Python to common Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) programming

problems

Book Description

If youre a Python developer who wants to discover how to take the power of functional programming (FP) and bring it into your own programs, then this book is essential for you, even if you know next to nothing about the paradigm.

Starting with a general overview of functional concepts, youll explore common functional features such as first-class and higher-order functions, pure functions, and more. Youll see how these are accomplished in Python 3.6 to give you the core foundations youll build upon. After that, youll discover common functional optimizations for Python to help your apps reach even higher speeds.

Youll learn FP concepts such as lazy evaluation using Pythons generator functions and expressions. Moving forward, youll learn to design and implement decorators to create composite functions. Youll also explore data preparation techniques and data exploration in depth, and see how the Python standard library fits the functional programming model. Finally, to top off your journey into the world of functional Python, youll at look at the PyMonad project and some larger examples to put everything into perspective.

What you will learn

- Use Pythons generator functions and generator expressions to work with collections in a non-strict (or lazy) manner

- Utilize Python library modules including itertools, functools, multiprocessing, and concurrent features to ensure efficient functional programs

- Use Python strings with object-oriented suffix notation and prefix notation

- Avoid stateful classes with families of tuples

- Design and implement decorators to create composite functions

- Use functions such as max(), min(), map(), filter(), and sorted()

- Write higher-order functions

Who this book is for

This book is for Python developers who would like to perform Functional programming with Python. Python Programming knowledge is assumed.