Python: Programming Efficiently

Cut down on your development time by learning how to write elegant code in an efficient manner, specifically in Python—the popular and pragmatic computer language. Michele Vallisneri explains how to make your Python code more expressive and concise, and leverage the most powerful features of the language. He shines a spotlight on some of the strongest third-party packages you can take advantage of, discusses object-oriented and functional programming, and shares strategies for improving the performance of your code. Michele illustrates these concepts with many intriguing examples, showing how to make 3D images and animations of the sun, draw fractals, implement a graphical programming language, and more.

About the Author

Michele Vallisneri is a theoretical astrophysicist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

He obtained his PhD in physics at the California Institute of Technology in 2002. His research spans the detection and interpretation of gravitational waves with LIGO, in space, and with pulsar timing. He is an expert in data analysis, Bayesian inference, and computational physics, and he believes that elegant, transparent programming can illuminate the hardest problems. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and he was awarded the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.

Product Details

• Full Video Tutorials
• Video File Format: MP4
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Video Duration: 2h 19m
• Instructor: Michele Vallisneri