Learning Python Application Development

Chapter 9. Improving Performance – Part Two, NumPy and Parallelization

This is the final chapter in the series of the three chapters on performance improvement. It will introduce you to two important libraries, NumPy, a third-party package, and the built-in multiprocessing module. In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• A brief introduction to the NumPy package
• Using NumPy to speed up the Gold Hunt application
• An introduction to parallel processing using the multiprocessing module
• Using the multiprocessing module to further improve the application runtime

Prerequisites for this chapter

You should read the last two chapters, Chapter 7, Performance – Identifying Bottlenecks, and Chapter 8, Improving Performance – Part one, on performance ...