NumPy vs. cryptography vs. jQuery vs. zope.interface Comparison Chart

cryptography includes both high-level recipes and low-level interfaces to common cryptographic algorithms such as symmetric ciphers, message digests, and key derivation functions. Encrypt with cryptography’s high-level symmetric encryption recipe. cryptography is broadly divided into two levels. One with safe cryptographic recipes that require little to no configuration choices. These are safe and easy to use and don’t require developers to make many decisions. The other level is low-level cryptographic primitives. These are often dangerous and can be used incorrectly. They require making decisions and having an in-depth knowledge of the cryptographic concepts at work. Because of the potential danger in working at this level, this is referred to as the “hazardous materials” or “hazmat” layer. These live in the cryptography.hazmat package, and their documentation will always contain an admonition at the top.

This package is intended to be independently reusable in any Python project. It is maintained by the Zope Toolkit project. This package provides an implementation of “object interfaces” for Python. Interfaces are a mechanism for labeling objects as conforming to a given API or contract. So, this package can be considered as an implementation of the Design By Contract methodology support in Python. Interfaces are objects that specify (document) the external behavior of objects that “provide” them. An interface specifies behavior through informal documentation in a doc string, attribute definitions, and invariants, which are conditions that must hold for objects that provide the interface. Attribute definitions specify specific attributes. They define the attribute name and provide documentation and constraints of attribute values. Attribute definitions can take a number of forms.