"You'll not just be aspiring to be an expert anymore after practicing through Better Python Code: A Guide for Aspiring Experts, you'll be one of them! Learn from David Mertz, who's been making experts through his writing and training for the past 20 years."
—Iqbal Abdullah, past Chair, PyCon Asia Pacific, and past board member, PyCon Japan
"In Better Python Code: A Guide for Aspiring Experts, David Mertz serves up bite-sized chapters of Pythonic wisdom in this must-have addition to any serious Python programmer's collection. This book helps bridge the gap from beginner to advanced Python user, but even the most seasoned Python programmer can up their game with Mertz's insight into the ins and outs of Python."
—Katrina Riehl, President, NumFOCUS
"What separates ordinary coders from Python experts? It's more than just knowing best practices—it's understanding the benefits and pitfalls of the many aspects of Python, and knowing when and why to choose one approach over another. In this book David draws on his more than 20 years of involvement in the Python ecosystem and his experience as a Python author to make sure that the readers understand both what to do and why in a wide variety of scenarios."
—Naomi Ceder, past Chair, Python Software Foundation
"Like a Pythonic BBC, David Mertz has been informing, entertaining, and educating the Python world for over a quarter of a century, and he continues to do so here in his own pleasantly readable style."
—Steve Holden, past Chair, Python Software Foundation
"Being expert means someone with a lot of experience. David's latest book provides some important but common problems that folks generally learn only after spending years of doing and fixing. I think this book will provide a much quicker way to gather those important bits and help many folks across the world to become better."
—Kushal Das, CPython Core Developer and Director, Python Software Foundation
"This book is for everyone: from beginners, who want to avoid hard-to-find bugs, all the way to experts looking to write more efficient code. David Mertz has compiled a great set of useful idioms that will make your life as a programmer easier and your users happier."
—Marc-André Lemburg, past Chair, EuroPython, and past Director, Python Software Foundation