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Python High Performance, Second Edition

By : Dr. Gabriele Lanaro

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Overview of this book

Python is a versatile language that has found applications in many industries. The clean syntax, rich standard library, and vast selection of third-party libraries make Python a wildly popular language. Python High Performance is a practical guide that shows how to leverage the power of both native and third-party Python libraries to build robust applications. The book explains how to use various profilers to find performance bottlenecks and apply the correct algorithm to fix them. The reader will learn how to effectively use NumPy and Cython to speed up numerical code. The book explains concepts of concurrent programming and how to implement robust and responsive applications using Reactive programming. Readers will learn how to write code for parallel architectures using Tensorflow and Theano, and use a cluster of computers for large-scale computations using technologies such as Dask and PySpark. By the end of the book, readers will have learned to achieve performance and scale from their Python applications.

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

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Benchmarking and Profiling

Designing your application

Writing tests and benchmarks

Better tests and benchmarks with pytest-benchmark

Finding bottlenecks with cProfile

Profile line by line with line_profiler

Optimizing our code

The dis module

Profiling memory usage with memory_profiler

Summary

Pure Python Optimizations

Useful algorithms and data structures

Caching and memoization

Comprehensions and generators

Summary

Fast Array Operations with NumPy and Pandas

Getting started with NumPy

Rewriting the particle simulator in NumPy

Reaching optimal performance with numexpr

Pandas

Summary

C Performance with Cython

Compiling Cython extensions

Adding static types

Sharing declarations

Working with arrays

Particle simulator in Cython

Profiling Cython

Using Cython with Jupyter

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Exploring Compilers

Numba

The PyPy project

Other interesting projects

Summary

Implementing Concurrency

Asynchronous programming

The asyncio framework

Reactive programming

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Parallel Processing

Introduction to parallel programming

Using multiple processes

Parallel Cython with OpenMP

Automatic parallelism

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Distributed Processing

Introduction to distributed computing

Dask

Using PySpark

Scientific computing with mpi4py

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Designing for High Performance

Choosing a suitable strategy

Organizing your source code

Isolation, virtual environments, and containers

Continuous integration

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Pure Python Optimizations

As mentioned in the last chapter, one of the most effective ways of improving the performance of applications is through the use of better algorithms and data structures. The Python standard library provides a large variety of ready-to-use algorithms and data structures that can be directly incorporated in your applications. With the tools learned from this chapter, you will be able to use the right algorithm for the task and achieve massive speed gains.

Even though many algorithms have been around for quite a while, they are especially relevant in today's world as we continuously produce, consume, and analyze ever increasing amounts of data. Buying a larger server or microoptimizing can work for some time, but achieving better scaling through algorithmic improvement can solve the problem once and for all.

In this chapter, we will understand how to achieve better scaling using standard...