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Python High Performance, Second Edition

Python High Performance, Second Edition

By : Dr. Gabriele Lanaro
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Python High Performance, Second Edition

Python High Performance, Second Edition

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By: Dr. Gabriele Lanaro

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.
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Getting started with NumPy

The NumPy library revolves around its multidimensional array object, numpy.ndarray. NumPy arrays are collections of elements of the same data type; this fundamental restriction allows NumPy to pack the data in a way that allows for high-performance mathematical operations.

Creating arrays

You can create NumPy arrays using the numpy.array function. It takes a list-like object (or another array) as input and, optionally, a string expressing its data type. You can interactively test array creation using an IPython shell, as follows:

    import numpy as np 
a = np.array([0, 1, 2])

Every NumPy array has an associated data type that can be accessed using the dtype attribute. If we inspect the a array, we find that its dtype is int64, which...

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