--- product_id: 17091081 title: "Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming" price: "EC$321" currency: XCD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://dominica.desertcart.com/products/17091081-fluent-python-clear-concise-and-effective-programming store_origin: DM region: Dominica --- # Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming **Price:** EC$321 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming - **How much does it cost?** EC$321 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [dominica.desertcart.com](https://dominica.desertcart.com/products/17091081-fluent-python-clear-concise-and-effective-programming) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Pythonâ??s simplicity lets you become productive quickly, but this often means you arenâ??t using everything it has to offer. With this hands-on guide, youâ??ll learn how to write effective, idiomatic Python code by leveraging its bestâ??and possibly most neglectedâ??features. Author Luciano Ramalho takes you through Pythonâ??s core language features and libraries, and shows you how to make your code shorter, faster, and more readable at the same time. Many experienced programmers try to bend Python to fit patterns they learned from other languages, and never discover Python features outside of their experience. With this book, those Python programmers will thoroughly learn how to become proficient in Python 3. This book covers: Python data model: understand how special methods are the key to the consistent behavior of objects Data structures: take full advantage of built-in types, and understand the text vs bytes duality in the Unicode age Functions as objects: view Python functions as first-class objects, and understand how this affects popular design patterns Object-oriented idioms: build classes by learning about references, mutability, interfaces, operator overloading, and multiple inheritance Control flow: leverage context managers, generators, coroutines, and concurrency with the concurrent.futures and asyncio packages Metaprogramming: understand how properties, attribute descriptors, class decorators, and metaclasses work Review: Excellent Resource. Well written. - I am an engineer who decided to learn how to code on my own. I experimented with a bunch of different languages but fell in love with Python. I now use Python for personal projects. I was watching a YouTube video where Gina Häußge (creator of octoprint) recommended it and attributed her work to things learned in the book. So I bought it hoping to better my skills. I read this book in chapter chunks, as there is a TON of information to gain from this book. I love the structure that Ramalho uses. He provides well written descriptions and explanations for each topic(something I cannot say for most textbooks). On top of that, he provides relevant code examples for almost everything he covers. Even better, he has step-by-step explanations for the code examples that follow the execution flow. This makes it much easier to understand if you have difficulty grasping the concept at first. Aside from coding the examples yourself, this is top notch for learning skills from text. For me, I was reading this book while working on a medium sized Python project. Even though I was not searching for anything specific in this book, the more I read, the more I found ways where I could implement his teachings into my project. Ramalho includes a section at the end of each chapter to offer his opinion on said topic. As a younger programmer, I appreciated the opinion from a professional and clearly well respected member of the Python community. If you write Python and want to gain a better understanding of the language (and perhaps found the Python docs hard to read like me), this book is for you. If you do give it a read, I hope you like it as much as I did. Thanks Luciano, excellent work! Review: Aptly Named, Fluent Python - As the title and description suggest, this book truly is to achieve 'fluency' in Python. It touches on nearly every point of the language that is pythonic, describing not just the how and the what, but the why. This book is definitely not a good beginner book for Python (however, someone extremely well versed in Java or C++ could probably benefit from it, if they relied on more basic information from alternative sources), but I wouldn't say it's only for expert users. This book touches on a very wide selection of subjects, from some pretty common Python concepts, like Duck Typing, generators, and function and class decorators to more advanced subjects like abstract base classes, multiple inheritance, mixins, and meta programming. The prose is easy to read and even entertaining. It may be the first programming book I read for enjoyment, and not just reference. Luciano demonstrates that he truly is fluent in Python, and while probably 25% of the chapters were not on any subject that is useful to me, all of them yielded new information and helpful hints, and even tips and tricks to increase performance or readability of the code. I would think that, given the wide range of topics, at least 30% of the book will be extremely helpful to your specific use case, regardless of what that is. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #530,035 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #120 in Object-Oriented Design #369 in Python Programming #520 in Software Development (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 785 Reviews | ## Images ![Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91DGHmkQmjL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent Resource. Well written. *by J***N on September 29, 2021* I am an engineer who decided to learn how to code on my own. I experimented with a bunch of different languages but fell in love with Python. I now use Python for personal projects. I was watching a YouTube video where Gina Häußge (creator of octoprint) recommended it and attributed her work to things learned in the book. So I bought it hoping to better my skills. I read this book in chapter chunks, as there is a TON of information to gain from this book. I love the structure that Ramalho uses. He provides well written descriptions and explanations for each topic(something I cannot say for most textbooks). On top of that, he provides relevant code examples for almost everything he covers. Even better, he has step-by-step explanations for the code examples that follow the execution flow. This makes it much easier to understand if you have difficulty grasping the concept at first. Aside from coding the examples yourself, this is top notch for learning skills from text. For me, I was reading this book while working on a medium sized Python project. Even though I was not searching for anything specific in this book, the more I read, the more I found ways where I could implement his teachings into my project. Ramalho includes a section at the end of each chapter to offer his opinion on said topic. As a younger programmer, I appreciated the opinion from a professional and clearly well respected member of the Python community. If you write Python and want to gain a better understanding of the language (and perhaps found the Python docs hard to read like me), this book is for you. If you do give it a read, I hope you like it as much as I did. Thanks Luciano, excellent work! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aptly Named, Fluent Python *by Z***H on March 22, 2016* As the title and description suggest, this book truly is to achieve 'fluency' in Python. It touches on nearly every point of the language that is pythonic, describing not just the how and the what, but the why. This book is definitely not a good beginner book for Python (however, someone extremely well versed in Java or C++ could probably benefit from it, if they relied on more basic information from alternative sources), but I wouldn't say it's only for expert users. This book touches on a very wide selection of subjects, from some pretty common Python concepts, like Duck Typing, generators, and function and class decorators to more advanced subjects like abstract base classes, multiple inheritance, mixins, and meta programming. The prose is easy to read and even entertaining. It may be the first programming book I read for enjoyment, and not just reference. Luciano demonstrates that he truly is fluent in Python, and while probably 25% of the chapters were not on any subject that is useful to me, all of them yielded new information and helpful hints, and even tips and tricks to increase performance or readability of the code. I would think that, given the wide range of topics, at least 30% of the book will be extremely helpful to your specific use case, regardless of what that is. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book if you want to know more than "How to" but "Why to" *by J***L on December 21, 2019* I have been using Python for a few years mostly as a scripting language. As I have gained proficiency I wanted to dive deeper into best practices and a bit more under-the-covers. I found some good resources online for studying Python internals but that was not helping me write better code. This book is exactly what I was looking for. It covers the aspects of Python that are not obvious to people coming from different languages. It gives guidance on the best ways to use features and why they work the way they do. It touches on details of Python internals where they illuminate the behavior and choices a Python programmer might make but you won't get bogged down in Python byte code. This is not a book for beginners. It assumes a fair bit of knowledge. A beginner will want a wider coverage of topics and not get buried in details. (I really like "Learning Python" by Mark Luft and still go back to that from time to time.) This is for the Python programmer leveling-up. That is where I found myself and I am pretty confident this will help me get there. ## Frequently Bought Together - Fluent Python: Clear, Concise, and Effective Programming - Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming - Python Cookbook: Recipes for Mastering Python 3 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://dominica.desertcart.com/products/17091081-fluent-python-clear-concise-and-effective-programming](https://dominica.desertcart.com/products/17091081-fluent-python-clear-concise-and-effective-programming) --- *Product available on Desertcart Dominica* *Store origin: DM* *Last updated: 2026-08-30*