The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python takes the journeyman Pythonista to true expertise More than any other language Python was created with the philosophy of simplicity & parsimony Now 25 years old Python has become the primary or secondary language (after SQL) for many business users With popularity comes diversity-and possibly dilution This guide collaboratively written by over a hundred members of the Python community describes best practices currently used by package & application developers Unlike other books for this audience The Hitchhiker's Guide is light on reusable code & heavier on design philosophy directing the reader to excellent sources that already exist