Python Plus#

Enhanced Python with async patterns, type hints, testing, and performance optimization.

Features#

• Async/Await Patterns: asyncio, aiohttp, async generators
• Advanced Type Hints: Generics, protocols, type guards
• Data Classes: attrs, pydantic, dataclasses
• Testing Strategies: pytest fixtures, parametrize, mocking
• Performance: Profiling, caching, optimization

Quick Reference#

TaskToolType checkingmypy, pyrightFormattingblack, ruffTestingpytestProfilingcProfile, py-spyLintingruff, flake8

Async/Await Patterns#

Basic Async#

python

import asyncio

async def fetch_data(url: str) -> dict:
    async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
        async with session.get(url) as response:
            return await response.json()

# Run async function
result = asyncio.run(fetch_data("https://api.example.com"))

Async Generators#

python

async def fetch_pages(url: str):
    page = 1
    while True:
        async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
            async with session.get(f"{url}?page={page}") as response:
                data = await response.json()
                if not data:
                    break
                yield data
                page += 1

# Usage
async for page_data in fetch_pages("https://api.example.com/items"):
    process(page_data)

Async Context Managers#

python

class AsyncDatabase:
    async def __aenter__(self):
        self.conn = await asyncpg.connect()
        return self

    async def __aexit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
        await self.conn.close()

# Usage
async with AsyncDatabase() as db:
    await db.execute("SELECT * FROM users")

Task Groups#

python

async def main():
    async with asyncio.TaskGroup() as tg:
        task1 = tg.create_task(fetch_data(url1))
        task2 = tg.create_task(fetch_data(url2))

    # Both tasks completed
    result1 = task1.result()
    result2 = task2.result()

Advanced Type Hints#

Generics#

python

from typing import TypeVar, Generic

T = TypeVar('T')

class Repository(Generic[T]):
    def __init__(self, items: list[T]):
        self.items = items

    def get(self, index: int) -> T:
        return self.items[index]

# Usage
repo = Repository[int]([1, 2, 3])

Protocols#

python

from typing import Protocol

class Drawable(Protocol):
    def draw(self) -> None: ...

class Circle:
    def draw(self) -> None:
        print("Drawing circle")

def render(shape: Drawable) -> None:
    shape.draw()

Type Guards#

python

from typing import TypeGuard

def is_string_list(val: list[object]) -> TypeGuard[list[str]]:
    return all(isinstance(x, str) for x in val)

def process(data: list[object]) -> None:
    if is_string_list(data):
        # data is now list[str]
        print("\n".join(data))

Literal Types#

python

from typing import Literal

def set_mode(mode: Literal["read", "write", "append"]) -> None:
    pass

set_mode("read")  # OK
set_mode("invalid")  # Error

Data Classes#

Pydantic#

python

from pydantic import BaseModel, Field

class User(BaseModel):
    name: str = Field(..., min_length=1)
    email: str = Field(..., pattern=r'^[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w+$')
    age: int = Field(..., ge=0, le=150)

# Validation
user = User(name="Alice", email="alice@example.com", age=30)

attrs#

python

import attrs

@attrs.define
class User:
    name: str
    email: str
    age: int = attrs.field(validator=attrs.validators.ge(0))

Testing Strategies#

Pytest Fixtures#

python

import pytest
from myapp import create_app

@pytest.fixture
def app():
    app = create_app(testing=True)
    yield app

@pytest.fixture
def client(app):
    return app.test_client()

def test_homepage(client):
    response = client.get("/")
    assert response.status_code == 200

Parametrize#

python

@pytest.mark.parametrize("input,expected", [
    ("hello", "HELLO"),
    ("world", "WORLD"),
    ("", ""),
])
def test_upper(input, expected):
    assert input.upper() == expected

Mocking#

python

from unittest.mock import patch, MagicMock

@patch('myapp.external_api.fetch')
def test_with_mock(mock_fetch):
    mock_fetch.return_value = {"status": "ok"}
    result = my_function()
    assert result["status"] == "ok"

Performance Optimization#

Caching#

python

from functools import lru_cache

@lru_cache(maxsize=128)
def expensive_function(n: int) -> int:
    return n * n

# Async caching
from aiocache import cached

@cached(ttl=300)
async def get_user(user_id: int) -> dict:
    return await db.get_user(user_id)

Profiling#

python

import cProfile

def profile_function():
    # Code to profile
    pass

cProfile.run('profile_function()')

Slots#

python

class Point:
    __slots__ = ('x', 'y')

    def __init__(self, x: int, y: int):
        self.x = x
        self.y = y

Project Structure#

text

project/
├── src/
│   └── mypackage/
│       ├── __init__.py
│       ├── core.py
│       └── utils.py
├── tests/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── test_core.py
│   └── test_utils.py
├── pyproject.toml
├── README.md
└── .github/
    └── workflows/
        └── ci.yml

pyproject.toml#

toml

[project]
name = "mypackage"
version = "0.1.0"
requires-python = ">=3.10"

[tool.pytest.ini_options]
testpaths = ["tests"]

[tool.mypy]
python_version = "3.10"
strict = true

[tool.ruff]
line-length = 88

Best Practices#

1. Use type hints - Improve code clarity and tooling support
2. Write docstrings - Document public APIs
3. Use virtual environments - Isolate dependencies
4. Follow PEP 8 - Consistent code style
5. Write tests - Aim for high coverage
6. Profile before optimizing - Don't guess bottlenecks
7. Use async for I/O - Don't block the event loop
8. Prefer composition - Over inheritance