Python: Visual QuickStart Guide

Donaldson, Toby

ISBN 10: 0321929551 / ISBN 13: 9780321929556

Published by Peachpit Press, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

Title: Python: Visual QuickStart Guide

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Acceptable

Edition: 3rd Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

Python is a remarkably powerful dynamic programming language used in a wide variety of situations such as Web, database access, desktop GUIs, game and software development, and network programming. Fans of Python use the phrase "batteries included" to describe the standard library, which covers everything from asynchronous processing to zip files. The language itself is a flexible powerhouse that can handle practically any application domain.

This task-based tutorial on Python is for those new to the language and walks you through the fundamentals. You'll learn about arithmetic, strings, and variables; writing programs; flow of control, functions; strings; data structures; input and output; and exception handling. At the end of the book, a special section walks you through a longer, realistic application, tying the concepts of the book together.

About the Author:

Toby Donaldson is a senior lecturer in the School of Computer Science at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He has more than a dozen years of experience teaching programming and computer science to students of all levels. He has a Ph.D. in artificial intelligence and is still looking for ways to apply it to his robotic vacuum. When he is not teaching Python, he likes to juggle anything he can get his hands on.