What we learned by writing and editing the 4th edition of Python in a Nutshell
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16 months, 6 editors, coverage across 5 Python releases and coordination across 3 time zones and 2 continents produce a single 4th edition of Python in a Nutshell; the team writes in Google Docs, tracks work with Google Spreadsheets and meets weekly via Google Meets, hosts sample code on a GitHub repo. Major editorial choices: remove async IO and move packaging and embedding chapters online; highlight new APIs like ZoneInfo, recommend remove_prefix/remove_suffix, and warn about Unicode identifier normalization (NFKC) surprises. Royalties support the PSF.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 8:14Not covered in the book
- 11:51GitHub
- 13:37ZoneInfo
- 14:38Using ZoneInfo
- 17:55Unicode
- 21:19Middle Dot
- 22:59Normalization
- 25:42Glyphs website
- 27:20Remove prefix
- 28:51Absolute precision
- 30:42Building python from sources
- 32:23Oracle vs Google
- 34:17Discount code
- 35:55Daylight saving time
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