Gems in the Python Standard Library

Jason Scheirer

Cool stuff!

• File formats

• Compression

• Algorithms and data structures

• Networking

• Package distribution

• All built in!

File formats

CSV

JSON

• Simple python data structures to/from JSON strings

• Use in conjunction with urllib2 for great success!

XML

• Three options:

- DOM (familiar to Javascript developers)

- SAX (event driven, big data)

- ElementTree (feels like Python)

XML

XML

XML

XML

XML

Compression

• GZip compression

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• ZipFile

- Access zip file’s contents

- Put data in:

- Get data out:

Algorithms and data structures

Algorithms and data structures

• : Functional programming

• and : A great combination

Algorithms and data structures

Algorithms and data structures

• : Useful data structures

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• (you probably want this a LOT)

Algorithms and data structures

• : C-style data structures

• Equivalent to:

Algorithms and data structures

• : Memory-efficient homogenous arrays

• You probably want , but this is nice too

Networking

• module for low-level TCP programming

• Probably care more about HTTP though

Networking (HTTP)

• Kind of messy organization in Python 2.X

• Fetching:

• Parsing:

Package distribution

• Distutils

• You can provide Windows installers (.exe or .msi) for

your code libraries

• Semi-automatic compilation of C/C++ libraries

Package distribution

• Layout:

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• Setup.py:

Package distribution

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• Setup.py:

Package distribution

Package distribution

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