Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 3rd Ed.

John Zelle

ISBN 10: 1590282752 / ISBN 13: 9781590282755

Published by Franklin, Beedle & Associates, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science, 3rd Ed.
• Publisher: Franklin, Beedle & Associates
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590282752
• ISBN 13: 9781590282755
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

This third edition of John Zelle's Python Programming continues the tradition of updating the text to reflect new technologies while maintaining a time-tested approach to teaching introductory computer science. An important change to this edition is the removal of most uses of eval and the addition of a discussion of its dangers. In our increasingly connected world, it's never too early to begin considering computer security issues. This edition also uses several new graphics examples, developed throughout chapters 4-12. [IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: Any Kindle edition of this book is an illegal reproduction and is unauthorized by the author and the publisher.]

Review

Disguised as a Python textbook, it is really an introduction to the fine art of programming, using Python merely as the preferred medium for beginners. This is how I have always imagined Python would be most useful in education: not as the only language, but as a first language, just as in art one might start learning to draw using a pencil rather than trying to paint in oil right away. --from the Foreword by Guido van Rossum, creator of Python

Zelle's book introduces Python and computer science concepts in a style that beginning students find appealing and easy to understand. --Dave Reed, Capital University