Session 3: Context Managers, Itertools and functools¶

Reading¶

Context Managers

Supplemental Readings¶

Context Managers¶

Fluent Python: Chapter 15: Context Managers and else Blocks

https://jeffknupp.com/blog/2016/03/07/python-with-context-managers/

https://pymotw.com/3/contextlib/

https://docs.python.org/3/library/contextlib.html

Itertools¶

http://jmduke.com/posts/a-gentle-introduction-to-itertools/

https://pymotw.com/3/itertools/

http://www.diveintopython3.net/advanced-iterators.html

Functools¶

https://pymotw.com/2/functools/

http://www.pydanny.com/python-partials-are-fun.html

Exercises¶

A Couple Handy Context Managers

Optional:

lambda and keyword Magic