Gain insights into Python 3's new syntax, data types, strings, bytes, and iterators through interactive coding samples. Upgrade your Python skills with hands-on, real-time code modifications.

Are you ready to take the plunge into Python 3? You might be just getting started with Python or you might be someone who understands Python2 and now wants to upgrade to Python 3. This course is designed to help you achieve your goal faster.

Learn about the new syntax, data types, strings, bytes, iterators and much more with interactive coding samples. Execute code using interactive playgrounds, modify the code to see your changes in action and get yourself upgraded to the newest version of Python that is here to stay for a while.

This course is derived from Dive into Python 3 by Mark Pilgrim. See License for more details.
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Python 3: An interactive deep dive

Releasing your first Python package is a daunting process. (Releasing your second one is a little easier.) Distutils tries to automate as much of it as possible, but there are some things you simply must do yourself.

* **Choose a license**. This is a complicated topic, fraught with politics and peril. If you wish to release your software as open source, I humbly offer five pieces of advice:
  1. Don’t write your own license.
  2. Don’t write your own license.
  3. Don’t write your own license.
  4. It doesn’t need to be GPL, but [it needs to be GPL-compatible](http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/gpl-compatible.html).
  5. Don’t write your own license.
* **Classify your software** using the PyPI classification system. I’ll explain what this means later in this chapter.
* **Write a “read me” file**. Don’t skimp on this. At a minimum, it should give your users an overview of what your software does and how to install it.

Your First Python Program

Native Datatypes

Comprehensions

Strings

Regular Expressions

Closures & Generators

Classes & Iterators

Advanced Iterators

Unit Testing

Refactoring

Files

XML

Serializing Python Objects

HTTP Web Services

Case Study: Porting chardet to Python 3

Packaging Python Libraries

Appendix : Where To Go From Here

Things Distutils Can’t Do For You