Development talk: Java VS Python

1. 1 public class HelloWorld {
2 public static void main(String[] args) {
3 print "Epic Fail"
4 }
5 }

5. 1991
1996
2015
1989
1991
2015

6. X

9. OOP
AOP
FP
OOP
AOP
FP

15. Simple is better than complex.
Complex is better than complicated.

16. 50% XML

17. 100% Python

20. Complex session replication systems just for a presentation logic is totally stupid

22. JVM
Threads
PVM
Processes

23. Concurrency

25. "write once, run anywhere" (WORA)

26. Raspberry Pi
WiPy
MicroPython

28. CalcoloScientifico

29. Desktop

30. Games

32. @decorators
__metaclass__
generators yield
lambda
context managers
list comprehension
mixin
closures
descriptors
auto(un)boxing
streams
lambda
try-with-resources
method references
defaults interface methods
@annotation/metadata
unpacking
getter/setterproperties

33. def p_decorate(func):
def func_wrapper(name):
return "<p>{0}</p>".format(func(name))
return func_wrapper
@p_decorate
def get_text(name):
return "lorem ipsum, {0} dolor sit amet".format(name)
print get_text("John")
# Outputs <p>lorem ipsum, John dolor sit amet</p>
Logging
Timing
Aspects(AOP)
Mocking/Testing
@decorators

34. @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@Target(ElementType.METHOD)
public @interface Test {
public boolean enabled() default true;
}
public class T {
@Test(enabled = false)
void testB() {
throw new RuntimeException("This test always passed");
}
}
public class M {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
for (Method method : T.class.getDeclaredMethods()) {
if (method.isAnnotationPresent(Test.class)) {
Annotation annotation = method.getAnnotation(Test.class);
Test test = (Test) annotation;
if (test.enabled()) {
method.invoke(obj.newInstance());
}}}}}
@annotation/metadata/reflection
Logging
Timing
Aspects(AOP)
Mocking/Testing

35. inspect/dir/dict
class T:
def test():
raise Exception("ciao")
test.enabled = True
import inspect
for name, method in inspect.getmembers(T, inspect.ismethod):
if getattr(method, 'enabled', False):
method(T())
for val in T.__dict__.values():
if callable(val) and getattr(method, 'enabled', False):
val(T())

36. generators def firstn(n):
num = 0
while num < n:
yield num
num += 1
sum_of_first_n = sum(firstn(1000000))
sum_of_first_n = sum(range(1000000))
sum_of_first_n = sum(xrange(1000000))
def fib():
a,b = 0,1
while True:
yield a
b = a+b
yield b
a = a+b
asynchronous
low memory
infinite

37. streams
IntStream natural = IntStream.iterate(0, i -> i + 1);
natural.limit(10000).sum();
LongStream fibs = Stream.iterate(
new long[]{1, 1}, f -> new long[]{f[1], f[0] + f[1]})
.mapToLong(f -> f[0]);

38. context managers
@contextmanager
def opened(filename, mode="r"):
f = open(filename, mode)
try:
yield f
finally:
f.close()
with opened("/etc/passwd") as f:
for line in f:
print line.rstrip()
class released:
def __init__(self, lock):
self.lock = lock
def __enter__(self):
self.lock.release()
def __exit__(self, type, value, tb):
self.lock.acquire()
@contextmanager
def tag(name):
print "<%s>" % name
yield
print "</%s>" % name
>>> with tag("h1"):
... print "foo"
...
<h1>
foo
</h1>

39. try-with-resources
try(FileInputStream input = new FileInputStream("file.txt")) {
int data = input.read();
while(data != -1){
System.out.print((char) data);
data = input.read();
}
}
try (Connection conn = ds.getConnection();
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement()) {
stmt.execute(insertsql);
try (ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery(selectsql)) {
rs.next();
}
}
public interface AutoClosable {
public void close() throws Exception;
}

40. lambda
f = lambda x, y : x + y
f = lambda x: x**2 + 2*x - 5
mult3 = filter(lambda x: x % 3 == 0, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9])
square_rt = lambda x: math.sqrt(x)
def sqroot(x):
return math.sqrt(x)
Celsius = [39.2, 36.5, 37.3, 37.8]
Fahrenheit = map(lambda x: (float(9)/5)*x + 32, Celsius)
reduce(lambda x,y: x+y, [47,11,42,13])
sorted(list, key=lambda i: i.last_name)

41. lambda
(int a, int b) -> { return a + b; }
() -> System.out.println("Hello World");
(String s) -> { System.out.println(s); }
() -> 42
() -> { return 3.1415 };
Runnable r = () -> System.out.println("hello world");
new Thread( () -> System.out.println("hello world”) ).start();
Consumer<Integer> c = (int x) -> { System.out.println(x) };
BiConsumer<Integer, String> b = (Integer x, String y) -> System.out.println(x + " : " + y);
Predicate<String> p = (String s) -> { s == null };
Arrays.asList(1,2,3,4,5,6,7).stream().map((x) -> x*x).forEach(System.out::println);
Static Typing
needs a interface with
a single method

42. method references
// Comparator
Arrays.sort(rosterAsArray,
(a, b) -> Person.compareByAge(a, b)
);
Arrays.sort(rosterAsArray, Person::compareByAge);
/*
* ClassName::staticMethodName
* object::instanceMethodName
* ContainingType::methodName
* ClassName::new
*/

43. closures
def generate_power_func(n):
print "id(n): %X" % id(n)
def nth_power(x):
return x**n
print "id(nth_power): %X" % id(nth_power)
return nth_power
raised_to_4 = generate_power_func(4)
del generate_power_func
raised_to_4.__closure__
raised_to_4.__closure__[0].cell_contents

44. mixin class HasMethod1(object):
def method(self):
return 1
class HasMethod2(object):
def method(self):
return 2
class UsesMethod10(object):
def usesMethod(self):
return self.method() + 10
class UsesMethod20(object):
def usesMethod(self):
return self.method() + 20
class C1_10(HasMethod1, UsesMethod10): pass
class C1_20(HasMethod1, UsesMethod20): pass
class C2_10(HasMethod2, UsesMethod10): pass
class C2_20(HasMethod2, UsesMethod20): pass
assert C1_10().usesMethod() == 11
assert C1_20().usesMethod() == 21
assert C2_10().usesMethod() == 12
assert C2_20().usesMethod() == 22
__mro__

45. defaults interface methods
interface InterfaceA {
public void saySomething();
default public void sayHi() {
System.out.println("Hi");
}
}
interface InterfaceB {
default public void sayHi() {
System.out.println("Hi from InterfaceB");
}
}
public class MyClass implements InterfaceA, InterfaceB {
@Override
public void saySomething() {
System.out.println("Hello World");
}
@Override
public void sayHi() {
//System.out.println("implemetation of sayHi() in MyClass");
InterfaceA.super.sayHi();
}
}

46. unpacking
def my_function():
return 1, 2
a, b = my_function()
a = my_function()[0]
import datetime
t= (2010, 10, 2, 11, 4, 0, 2, 41, 0)
dt = datetime.datetime(t[0], t[1], t[2], t[3], t[4], t[5], t[6])
t = (2010, 10, 2, 11, 4, 0, 2, 41, 0)
dt = datetime.datetime(*t[:7])
>>> def parrot(voltage, state='a stiff', action='voom'):
... print "-- This parrot wouldn't", action,
... print "if you put", voltage, "volts through it.",
... print "E's", state, "!"
...
>>> d = {"voltage": "four million", "state": "bleedin' demised", "action": "VOOM"}
>>> parrot(**d)
-- This parrot wouldn't VOOM if you put four million volts through it. E's bleedin' demised !

47. public void show(String message){
}
public void show(String message, boolean show){
}
public void show(Integer message){
}
// does not compile!
public boolean show(String message){
return false;
}
overloading methods

48. *args, **kwargs >>> def print_everything(*args):
for count, thing in enumerate(args):
... print '{0}. {1}'.format(count, thing)
...
>>> print_everything('apple', 'banana', 'cabbage')
0. apple
1. banana
2. cabbage
>>> def table_things(**kwargs):
... for name, value in kwargs.items():
... print '{0} = {1}'.format(name, value)
...
>>> table_things(apple = 'fruit', cabbage = 'vegetable')
cabbage = vegetable
apple = fruit
class Foo(object):
def __init__(self, value1, value2):
# do something with the values
print value1, value2
class MyFoo(Foo):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
# do something else, don't care about the args
print 'myfoo'
super(MyFoo, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)

49. varargs…
public class HelloWorldVarargs {
public static void main(String args[]) {
test(215, "India", "Delhi");
test(147, "United States", "New York", "California");
}
public static void test(int some, String... args) {
System.out.print("n" + some);
for(String arg: args) {
System.out.print(", " + arg);
}
}
}
class Logger {
void error(Marker marker,
String message,
Object... params)
}

50. properties
class Celsius(object):
def __init__(self, temperature = 0):
self._temperature = temperature
def to_fahrenheit(self):
return (self.temperature * 1.8) + 32
@property
def temperature(self):
print("Getting value")
return self._temperature
@temperature.setter
def temperature(self, value):
if value < -273:
raise ValueError("Temperature below -273 is not possible")
print("Setting value")
self._temperature = value
celsius = Celsius(10)
celsius.temperature = 300

51. getter/setter
public class User {
private String name;
public String getName() { return this.name; }
public void setName(String name) { this.name = name; }
}
set accessible=True
frameworks conventions

52. descriptors
class Foo(object):
name = TypedProperty("name",str)
num = TypedProperty("num",int,42)
>> acct = Foo()
>> acct.name = "obi"
>> acct.num = 1234
>> print acct.num
1234
>> print acct.name
obi
# trying to assign a string to number fails
>> acct.num = '1234'
TypeError: Must be a <type 'int'>
class TypedProperty(object):
def __init__(self, name, type, default=None):
self.name = "_" + name
self.type = type
self.default = default if default else type()
def __get__(self, instance, cls):
return getattr(instance, self.name, self.default)
def __set__(self,instance,value):
if not isinstance(value,self.type):
raise TypeError("Must be a %s" % self.type)
setattr(instance,self.name,value)
def __delete__(self,instance):
raise AttributeError("Can't delete attribute")

53. list comprehension
>>> S = [x**2 for x in range(10)]
>>> V = [2**i for i in range(13)]
>>> M = [x for x in S if x % 2 == 0]
>>> noprimes = [j for i in range(2, 8) for j in range(i*2, 50, i)]
>>> primes = [x for x in range(2, 50) if x not in noprimes]
>>> print primes
[2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47]
>>> words = 'The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog'.split()
>>> stuff = [[w.upper(), w.lower(), len(w)] for w in words]
['THE', 'the', 3]
['QUICK', 'quick', 5]
...
l = [['40', '20', '10', '30'], ['20', '20', '20'], ['100', '100'], ['100', '100', '100']]
[[float(y) for y in x] for x in l]
>>> d = {n: n**2 for n in range(5)}
>>> print d
{0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 4, 3: 9, 4: 16}

54. list slicing
a[start:end] # items start through end-1
a[start:] # items start through the rest of the array
a[:end] # items from the beginning through end-1
a[:] # a copy of the whole array
There is also the step value, which can be used with any of the above:
a[start:end:step] # start through not past end, by step
a[-1] # last item in the array
a[-2:] # last two items in the array
a[:-2] # everything except the last two items

55. factory: class inside a function
>>> def class_with_method(func):
... class klass: pass
... setattr(klass, func.__name__, func)
... return klass
...
>>> def say_foo(self): print 'foo'
...
>>> Foo = class_with_method(say_foo)
>>> foo = Foo()
>>> foo.say_foo()
>>> from new import classobj
>>> Foo2 = classobj('Foo2',(Foo,),{'bar':lambda self:'bar'})
>>> Foo2().bar()
'bar'
>>> Foo2().say_foo()
foo
# metaclass
>> X = type('X',(),{'foo':lambda self:'foo'})
>>> X, X().foo()
(<class '__main__.X'>, 'foo')

56. __metaclass__
>>> class Printable(type):
... def whoami(cls): print "I am a", cls.__name__
...
>>> Foo = Printable('Foo',(),{})
>>> Foo.whoami()
I am a Foo
>>> Printable.whoami()
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: unbound method whoami() [...]
>>> class Bar:
... __metaclass__ = Printable
... def foomethod(self): print 'foo'
...
>>> Bar.whoami()
I am a Bar
>>> Bar().foomethod()
foo
# metaclass magic methods
# def __new__(cls, name, bases, dict):
# def __init__(self, name, bases, dict):

57. boolean b = false;
Double d1 = 0d;
Double d2 = null;
Double d = b ? d1.doubleValue() : d2;
long value = (Long) null;
long propertyValue = (Long) obj.getProperty(propertyModel.getName());
auto(un)boxing
NPE a gogo

58. Refactoring
Testing