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Recap

• multiprocessing is the Python package that helps spawn and connect processes from our code. Create new processes with a call to Process(). Use a Queue to help processes pass objects back and forth.
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• The getkey package is super helpful for grabbing keypresses.
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• The flake8 package is worth its weight in gold for catching syntax errors ahead of time.
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• The black package is also a useful tool. It reformats Python code to a readable and PEP 8-compliant format.
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• The logging package is useful for creating, managing, and writing to log files.
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• JSON is a helpful text format for communicating data between human and machine. Python's json package unlocks a toolset for working with it.
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• Numpy and Matplotlib are invaluable numerical processing and plotting packages. We will become much better acquainted with them in future chapters.

Packages

• black: https://pypi.org/project/black/
• flake8: https://pypi.org/project/flake8/
• getkey: https://pypi.org/project/getkey/
• json: https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html
• logging: https://docs.python.org/3/library/logging.html
• matplotlib: https://matplotlib.org/
• multiprocessing: https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html
• numpy: https://numpy.org/
• pip: https://pypi.org/project/pip

Resource links

• 1. The Robot Operating System
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Operating_System
• 2. Billie Eilish is a popular musician.
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyDfgMOUjCI
• 3. PyPI, the Python Package Index.
  https://pypi.org/
• 4. It looks like it wasn't actually Ford who first said this. But as (probably someone other than) Mark Twain said, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story."
• 5. PEP-8. Python Extension Proposals (https://peps.python.org/) are a catch-all for several diverse types of documents, such as proposed syntax changes, reference materials, philosophical essays, and third party packages. They are mostly numbered in order of creation, so PEP-8 is an early one. Although most of it is in the form of recommendations rather than commandments, it has the weight of consensus and tenure behind it. Unless you have a good reason to do otherwise, you're always safe following PEP-8 style.
  https://peps.python.org/pep-0008/
• 6. Rust is a popular programming language. It emphasizes speed, but with fewer opportunities to shoot yourself in the foot than are offered by C and C++.
  https://www.rust-lang.org/