Beginning Programming in 24 Hours, Sams Teach Yourself (Barnes & Noble Exclusive Edition) (4th Edition) - Softcover

Perry, Greg; Miller, Dean

Softcover

ISBN 10: 013593754X ISBN 13: 9780135937549

Publisher: Sams Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

This Barnes & Noble custom edition contains an exclusive chapter on "Taking Your Python to the Real World" — understanding the difference between Python 2 and Python 3, exploring and adding Python libraries, data analysis with Python, introducing Object-Oriented Python, and finding a Python job.

Sams Teach Yourself Beginning Programming in 24 Hours (Barnes & Nobles Exclusive) explains the basics of programming in the successful 24 Hours format. The book's examples are easily readable and understandable by even those with no previous exposure to programming.

This book covers the absolute basics of programming: Why program? What tools to use? How does a program tell the computer what to do? Readers will learn how to program the computer and will explore some of the most popular programming languages in use. This book will introduce the reader to common programming fundamentals using Python and progress to provide an overview of other common programming languages and their uses.

About this title

About the Author

Greg Perry has written more than 45 books including many bestsellers. He has been a programmer, trainer, and speaker for more than 20 years. Greg was a professor of computer science at Tulsa Junior College teaching advanced programming courses. He also lectures at programming conferences across the country and is fluent in 9 computer languages.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sams Publishing
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 013593754X
• ISBN 13: 9780135937549
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 448