Python: Visual QuickStart Guide

✍ Scribed by Donaldson, Toby

• Publisher: Peachpit Press
• Year: 2008;2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 193
• Series: Visual quickstart guide
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This task-based tutorial is for students with no programming experience and programmers who have some experience with Python and now want to take their skills to the next level. The book walks a reader through all the fundamentals and then moves on to more advanced topics.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Table of Contents......Page 5
Chapter 1: Introduction to Programming......Page 8
The Python Language......Page 9
What Is Python Useful For?......Page 10
How Programmers Work......Page 11
Installing Python......Page 12
Chapter 2: Arithmetic, Strings, and Variables......Page 14
The Interactive Command Shell......Page 15
Integer Arithmetic......Page 16
Floating Point Arithmetic......Page 18
Other Math Functions......Page 21
Strings......Page 22
String Concatenation......Page 24
Getting Help......Page 25
Converting Between Types......Page 27
Variables and Values......Page 29
Assignment Statements......Page 31
How Variables Refer to Values......Page 33
Multiple Assignment......Page 35
Chapter 3: Writing Programs......Page 36
Using IDLE’s Editor......Page 37
Compiling Source Code......Page 40
Reading Strings from the Keyboard......Page 41
Printing Strings on the Screen......Page 44
Source Code Comments......Page 46
Structuring a Program......Page 47
Chapter 4: Flow of Control......Page 48
Boolean Logic......Page 49
If-Statements......Page 54
Code Blocks and Indentation......Page 56
Loops......Page 59
Comparing For-Loops and While-Loops......Page 64
Breaking Out of Loops and Blocks......Page 68
Loops Within Loops......Page 69
Chapter 5: Functions......Page 70
Calling Functions......Page 71
Defining Functions......Page 73
Variable Scope......Page 76
Using a main Function......Page 79
Function Parameters......Page 80
Modules......Page 84
Chapter 6: Strings......Page 88
String Indexing......Page 89
Characters......Page 92
Slicing Strings......Page 94
Standard String Functions......Page 97
Regular Expressions......Page 103
Chapter 7: Data Structures......Page 106
The type Command......Page 107
Sequences......Page 108
Tuples......Page 109
Lists......Page 112
List Functions......Page 114
Sorting Lists......Page 117
List Comprehensions......Page 119
Dictionaries......Page 122
Sets......Page 126
Chapter 8: Input and Output......Page 128
Formatting Strings......Page 129
String Formatting......Page 131
Reading and Writing Files......Page 133
Examining Files and Folders......Page 136
Processing Text Files......Page 139
Processing Binary Files......Page 143
Reading Web Pages......Page 146
Chapter 9: Exception Handling......Page 148
Exceptions......Page 149
Catching Exceptions......Page 151
Clean-Up Actions......Page 154
Chapter 10: Object-Oriented Programming......Page 156
Writing a Class......Page 157
Displaying Objects......Page 159
Flexible Initialization......Page 162
Setters and Getters......Page 164
Inheritance......Page 169
Polymorphism......Page 172
Learning More......Page 176
Appendix A: Popular Python Packages......Page 178
Appendix B: Comparing Python 2 and Python 3......Page 182
What’s New in Python 3......Page 183
Converting Python 2 to Python 3......Page 184
C......Page 186
F......Page 187
I......Page 188
N......Page 189
Q......Page 190
T......Page 191
X–Y–Z......Page 192

✦ Subjects

Computer Science;Programming;Computers;Reference