Introduction To Computing And Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach

Mark Guzdial

ISBN 10: 0131176552 / ISBN 13: 9780131176553

Published by Pearson College Div, 1803

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction To Computing And Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach
• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication Date: 1803
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0131176552
• ISBN 13: 9780131176553
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Used Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computer

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Synopsis

Guzdial introduces programming as a way of creating and manipulating media–a context familiar and intriguing to today's readers. Starts readers with actual programming early on. Puts programming in a relevant context (Computing for Communications). Includes implementing Photoshop-like effects, reversing/splicing sounds, creating animations. Acknowledges that readers in this audience care about the Web; introduces HTML and covers writing programs that generate HTML. Uses the Web as a Data Source; shows readers how to read from files, but also how to write programs to directly read Web pages and distill information from there for use in other calculations, other Web pages, etc. (examples include temperature from a weather page, stock prices from a financials page). A comprehensive guide for anyone interested in learning the basics of programming with one of the best web languages, Python.

About the Author

Mark Guzdial is a Full Professor at the College of Computing at Georgia Tech, member of the GVU Center, and Director of the Collaborative Software Laboratory. His Prentice Hall books include Squeak: Object-Oriented Design with Multimedia Applications; Squeak: Open Personal Computing and Multimedia; and Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python: A Multimedia Approach.