Learning Python / Mark Lutz

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lutz, Mark, (author).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Python (Computer program language).

Scripting languages (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1591 pages)

Edition:

Fifth edition

Place of Publication:

Beijing ; Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2013

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Google and YouTube use Python because it's highly adaptable, easy to maintain, and allows for rapid development. If you want to write high-quality, efficient code that's easily integrated with other languages and tools, this hands-on book will help you be productive with Python quickly -- whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. It's an easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial, based on author and Python expert Mark Lutz's popular training course. Each chapter contains a stand-alone lesson on a key component of the language, and includes a unique Test Your Knowledge section with practical exercises and quizzes, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. You'll find lots of annotated examples and illustrations to help you get started with Python 3.0. Learn about Python's major built-in object types, such as numbers, lists, and dictionariesCreate and process objects using Python statements, and learn Python's general syntax modelStructure and reuse code using functions, Python's basic procedural toolLearn about Python modules: packages of statements, functions, and other tools, organized into larger componentsDiscover Python's object-oriented programming tool for structuring codeLearn about the exception-handling model, and development tools for writing larger programsExplore advanced Python tools including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing"

Contents:

A Python Q&A session

How Python runs programs

How you run programs

Introducing Python object types

Numeric types

The dynamic typing interlude

String fundementals

Lists and dictionaries

Tuples, files, and everything else

Introducing Python statements

Assignments, expressions, and prints

if tests and syntax rules

while and for loops

Iterations and comprehensions

The documentation interlude

Function basics

Scopes

Arguments

Advanced function topics

Comprehensions and generations

The benchmarking interlude

Modules : the big picture

Module coding basics

Module packages

Advanced module topics

OOP : the big picture

Class coding basics

A more realistic example

Class coding detials

Operator overloading

Designing with classes

Advanced class topics

Exception basics

Exception coding detials

Exception objects

Designing with exceptions

Unicode and byt strings

Managed attributes

Decorators

Metaclasses

All good things.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 13, 2013).

ISBN:

9781449355692

1449355692

9780596158064

0596158068

9781449391751

1449391753

9781449379322

144937932X

9781449355722

1449355722

9781449355715 (e-book)

1449355714

9781449355739 (pbk.)

1449355730

OCLC:

457179854