Functional start to computing with python

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

HERMAN, TED.

Series:

Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing.

Chapman & Hall/CRC Textbooks in Computing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Python (Computer program language).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (426 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] CRC Press, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Open source and easy to use, Python offers the availability of exciting libraries of software, application programming interfaces, and even connections to web services. This textbook uses Python as a working environment to teach the basics of computing for students with no prior programming experience. Unlike similar texts, it organizes topics based on a functional first approach to teaching programming. The book includes case studies of practical problems as well as homework and interactive tools online, such as flashcards-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Preface; I. Motivation and Background; 1. Inspirations of Computing; 2. Preview of Computing with Python; 3. General Landscape of Computing Languages; 4. Python Setup; II. Functional-Style Python; 5. Types; 6. Operators; 7. Expressions; 8. Printing; 9. Functions I; 10. Functions II; 11. Conditional Logic; 12. Slice, Split, Join; 13. Comprehensions; 14. Functional Patterns; III. Imperative-Style Python; 15. Names for Data; 16. Functions and Variables; 17. Mutation; 18. Modules; 19. Repetition; 20. Documentation; 21. Debugging; 22. Accumulation Loop Patterns

23. Search Loop Patterns24. Drawing; 25. Input and Output; 26. Network Programs; 27. Objects, Classes, and Inheritance; 28. Randomness, Time, and System Modules; 29. Graphical User Interfaces; IV. Appendices; 30. Advanced Topics; 31. Solutions to -Exercises; 32. Reference Tables

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4822-0269-7

0-429-19571-0

1-4665-0455-2

1-62870-714-3

9780429195716

OCLC:

892963347