You might try Expert Python Programming by Tarek Ziadé. It is a relatively recent book aimed at "experts". There are several reviews of the book linked to from <a href="http://www.awaretek.com/ book.html">this page</a>.
Ron On May 18, 1:04 pm, kj <so...@987jk.com.invalid> wrote: > I have read a couple of "learn Python"-type books, and now I'm > looking for some more advanced books on Python, something analogous > to "Effective Java" or "High-Order Perl". I've only been able to > find "Advanced Python 3 Programming Techniques", which, as far as > I can tell, is only available as a "Kindle Book". (Since I won't > be buying a Kindle for another few decades, this is not an option > for me.) > > I tried out "Dive into Python", because I was told that it was > written for people with prior programming experience. It's an OK > book, but I don't find that it is much more advanced than pretty > much any other "learn Python" book I've seen. > > Basically I'm looking for a book that assumes that one has the > basics of the language down, and instead focuses on standard problems > of software development, such as application architecture and > design, prototyping, debugging, profiling and performance-tuning, > testing, packaging/distribution, extending/embedding, threading > and IPC, persistence, etc., and on various prototypical cases such > as command-line utilities, GUI-apps, webapps, database-backed apps, > simulations, etc. > > Granted, it is unlikely that a single book will do justice to all > these areas, but these are the topics I'm now interested in, from > the perspective of Python. > > Any suggestions? > > TIA! > -- > NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards; > and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
