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Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns

Name: Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns
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Expand upon your fundamental Python programming skills to build reliable and stable applications. In this training course, you learn to implement Gang of Four (GoF) design patterns in order to solve commonly recurring, real-world software design programs, thereby avoiding pitfalls and greatly improving the effectiveness of your programming efforts.

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Last updated : 23/07/2026
English

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Duration:

32.00 hours

26.0 CPD hours

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Object-Oriented Programming in Python

- Extending classes to define subclasses
- Inheriting from multiple superclasses and mix-in classes
- Adding properties to a class
- Defining abstract base classes

Exploring Python Features

Writing "Pythonic" code

- Customising iteration and indexing with "magic" methods
- Modifying code dynamically with monkey patching
Handling Exceptions

- Raising user-defined exceptions
- Reducing code complexity with context managers and the "with" statement
Verifying Code and Unit Testing

Testing best practices

- Developing and running Python unit tests
- Simplifying automated testing with the Nose package
Verifying code behaviour

- Mocking dependent objects with the Mock package
- Asserting correct code behaviour with MagicMock
Detecting Errors and Debugging Techniques

Identifying errors

- Logging messages forauditing and debugging
- Checking your code for potential bugs with Pylint
Debugging Python code

- Extracting error information from exceptions
- Tracing program execution with the PyCharm IDE
Implementing Python Design Patterns

Structural patterns

- Implementing the Decorator pattern using @decorator
- Controlling access to an object with the Proxy pattern
Behavioural patterns

- Utilising the Iterator pattern with Python generators
- Laying out a skeleton algorithm in the Template Method pattern
- Enabling loose coupling between classes with the Observer pattern
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Interfacing with REST Web Services and Clients

Python REST web services

- Building a REST service
- Generating JSON responses to support Ajax clients
Python REST clients

- Sending REST requests from a Python client
- Consuming JSON and XML response data

Measuring and Improving Application Performance

Measuring Application Execution

- Timing execution of functions with the "timeit" module
- Profiling program execution using "cProfile"
- Manipulating an execution profile interactively with "pstats"
Employing Python language features for performance

- Efficiently applying data structures, including lists, dictionaries and tuples
- Mapping and filtering data sets using comprehensions
- Replacing the standard Python interpreter with PyPy

Installing and Distributing Modules

Managing module versions

- Installing modules from the PyPi repository using "pip"
- Porting code between Python versions
Packaging Python modules and applications

- Establishing isolated Python environments with "virtualenv"
- Building a distribution package with "setuptools"
- Uploading your Python modules to a local repository

Concurrent Execution

Lightweight threads

- Creating and managing multiple threads of control with the Thread class
- Synchronising threads using locks
Heavy-weight processes

- Launching operating system commands as subprocesses
- Synchronising processes with queues
- Parallelising execution using process pools and Executors

Available Delivery Options for Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns

Live Instructor Led Classroom Online (Live Online)
Traditional Instructor Led Classroom training (TILT/ILT)
Delivery at your offices in United Kingdom
Private dedicated course for your staff

How many CPD hours does Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns provide?

The 4 day Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns course gives you up to 26.0 CPD hours/structured learning hours.

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Yes, we provide corporate training, dedicated training and closed classes for Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns. This can take place anywhere in United Kingdom including London, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh or live online.

What is the duration of Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns?

The Advanced Python: Best Practices and Design Patterns training takes place over 4 day(s), with each day lasting approximately 32.00 hours including breaks.

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