Software Design in Python
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Manning Publications
Publishing:31st May '26
£44.99
This title is due to be published on 31st May, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Your Python projects work, yet scaling and maintenance still feel risky. Bug fixes spiral and new features break code you wrote last week. Professional design principles stop churn and keep teams moving with confidence. This book shows proven patterns, clearly explained in plain, modern Python. See messy “before” code refactored into clean, extendable, production-ready modules. Write software that your future self, and your colleagues, will actually love.
- Iterative requirement analysis: Translate vague needs into precise, testable class responsibilities.
- Cohesion and coupling metrics: Keep modules focused while collaborating through stable, predictable interfaces.
- Decorator pattern usage: Enhance behavior without subclass explosions or tangled conditional logic.
- SOLID principles walkthrough: Spot smells early and refactor confidently before technical debt snowballs.
- Pythonic pattern catalog: Apply strategy, observer, factory, and more using idiomatic language constructs.
- Conversation sidebars: Get quick answers to common design questions right when you need them.
Software Design for Python Programmers guides you with real-world, field-tested advice. Each chapter starts with flawed “before” code, then iteratively improves it using proven principles. Diagrams, talking-head sidebars, and refactoring checkpoints make every concept stick.
Finish able to craft maintainable architectures, write extensible classes, and communicate design choices with authority. Your codebase becomes an asset, not a liability.
Ideal for Python developers comfortable with syntax who crave professional-grade software design skills.
- Every developer designs software, but few have a design process, and fewer still have a set of core principles to guide that process. This is a critical skillset that is lacking among most software developers. I think it's an absolutely essential book that fills a critical need.
Robert Nicholson, Independent Consultant
- The book does a great job of making complex software design principles accessible. The use of examples, diagrams, and real-world scenarios helps simplify the concepts, making them easier to grasp, especially for those new to the subject.
Shantanu Kumar, Senior Software Engineer, Amazon
ISBN: 9781633439498
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
456 pages