Introducing Python : modern computing in simple packages / Bill Lubanovic ; cover designer, Ellie Volckhausen ; illustrator, Rebecca Demarest.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lubanovic, Bill, author.

Contributor:

Volckhausen, Ellie, cover designer.

Demarest, Rebecca, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Python (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (476 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Sebastopol, California : O'Reilly, 2015.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Easy to understand and fun to read, Introducing Python is ideal for beginning programmers as well as those new to the language. Author Bill Lubanovic takes you from the basics to more involved and varied topics, mixing tutorials with cookbook-style code recipes to explain concepts in Python 3. End-of-chapter exercises help you practice what you've learned. You'll gain a strong foundation in the language, including best practices for testing, debugging, code reuse, and other development tips. This book also shows you how to use Python for applications in business, science, and the arts, using

Contents:

A taste of Py

Py ingredients : numbers, strings, and variables

Py filling : lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets

Py crust : code structures

Py boxes : modules, packages, and programs

Oh oh : objects and classes

Mangle data like a pro

Data has to go somewhere

The web, untangled

Systems

Concurrency and networks

Be a Pythonista

Py art

Py at work

Py sci

Install Python 3

Answers to exercises

Cheat sheets.

Notes:

Includes index.

Inlcudes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 24, 2014).

ISBN:

9781449361167

1449361161

9781449361198

1449361196

9781449361181

1449361188

OCLC:

896723228