Anyone who has written python code to manipulate files and directories, will be familiar with the os and os.path modules. Starting with Python v3.4, there’s a new kid on the block - pathlib - which provides a fresh interface to querying and manipulating the filesystem.
This short session will introduce pathlib, and demonstrate how it can be used to avoid littering your code with calls to os.path.* functions. We will go through examples of how rewriting code to use pathlib makes it shorter and more readable.
Finally, we will conclude with a look ahead, noting where pathlib still has some ways to go before it has become a fully integrated part of Python.
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