Starting Out with Python [Global Edition]

✍ Scribed by Tony Gaddis

• Publisher: Pearson
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 895
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For courses in Python programming.This ISBN provides access to Pearson MyLab Programming. Pearson eText is included.A clear and student-friendly introduction to the fundamentals of PythoninStarting Out with Python, 5th Edition , Tony Gaddis’ accessible coverage introduces students to the basics of programming in a high-level language. Python, an easy-to-learn and increasingly popular object-oriented language, allows readers to become comfortable with the fundamentals of programming without the troublesome syntax that can be challenging for novices. With the knowledge acquired using Python, students gain confidence in their skills and learn to recognize the logic behind developing high-quality programs. Starting Out with Python discusses control structures, functions, and lists before classes. As with all Gaddis texts, clear and easy-to-read code listings, concise and practical real-world examples, focused explanations, and an abundance of exercises appear in every chapter. Updates to the5th Edition include a new chapter on database programming, and new coverage of GUI programming, string processing and formatting, and turtle graphics topics.Reach every student with Pearson MyLab Programming MyLab is the teaching and learning platform thatempowers you tor each every student. By combining trusted author content with digital tools and a flexible platform, MyLab personalizes the learning experience and improves results for each student. With Pearson MyLab Programming, students work through hundreds of short, auto-graded coding exercises and receive immediate and helpful feedback based on their work. Learnmore about Pearson MyLab Programming.Plus, give students anytime, anywhere access with Pearson eTextPearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience available within MyLab. Itlets students highlight and take notes, all in one place―even when offline. Educators can easily customize the table of contents and share their own notes with students, so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class. Learn more about Pearson eText or contact your rep for purchase options.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Digital Resources for Students
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Location of VideoNotes in the Text
Preface
Pearson MyLab Programming
Chapter 1: Introduction to Computers and Programming
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Hardware and Software
1.3 How Computers Store Data
1.4 How a Program Works
1.5 Using Python
Review Questions
Chapter 2: Input, Processing, and Output
2.1 Designing a Program
2.2 Input, Processing, and Output
2.3 Displaying Output with the print Function
2.4 Comments
2.5 Variables
2.6 Reading Input from the Keyboard
2.7 Performing Calculations
2.8 String Concatenation
2.9 More About the print Function
2.10 Displaying Formatted Output with F-strings
2.11 Named Constants
2.12 Introduction to Turtle Graphics
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 3: Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
3.1 The if Statement
3.2 The if-else Statement
3.3 Comparing Strings
3.4 Nested Decision Structures and the if-elif-else Statement
3.5 Logical Operators
3.6 Boolean Variables
3.7 Turtle Graphics: Determining the State of the Turtle
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 4: Repetition Structures
4.1 Introduction to Repetition Structures
4.2 The while Loop: A Condition-Controlled Loop
4.3 The for Loop: A Count-Controlled Loop
4.4 Calculating a Running Total
4.5 Sentinels
4.6 Input Validation Loops
4.7 Nested Loops
4.8 Turtle Graphics: Using Loops to Draw Designs
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 5: Functions
5.1 Introduction to Functions
5.2 Defining and Calling a Void Function
5.3 Designing a Program to Use Functions
5.4 Local Variables
5.5 Passing Arguments to Functions
5.6 Global Variables and Global Constants
5.7 Introduction to Value-Returning Functions: Generating Random Numbers
5.8 Writing Your Own Value-Returning Functions
5.9 The math Module
5.10 Storing Functions in Modules
5.11 Turtle Graphics: Modularizing Code with Functions
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 6: Files and Exceptions
6.1 Introduction to File Input and Output
6.2 Using Loops to Process Files
6.3 Processing Records
6.4 Exceptions
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 7: Lists and Tuples
7.1 Sequences
7.2 Introduction to Lists
7.3 List Slicing
7.4 Finding Items in Lists with the in Operator
7.5 List Methods and Useful Built-in Functions
7.6 Copying Lists
7.7 Processing Lists
7.8 List Comprehensions
7.9 Two-Dimensional Lists
7.10 Tuples
7.11 Plotting List Data with the matplotlib Package
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 8: More About Strings
8.1 Basic String Operations
8.2 String Slicing
8.3 Testing, Searching, and Manipulating Strings
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 9: Dictionaries and Sets
9.1 Dictionaries
9.2 Sets
9.3 Serializing Objects
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 10: Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
10.1 Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming
10.2 Classes
10.3 Working with Instances
10.4 Techniques for Designing Classes
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 11: Inheritance
11.1 Introduction to Inheritance
11.2 Polymorphism
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 12: Recursion
12.1 Introduction to Recursion
12.2 Problem Solving with Recursion
12.3 Examples of Recursive Algorithms
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 13: GUI Programming
13.1 Graphical User Interfaces
13.2 Using the tkinter Module
13.3 Displaying Text with Label Widgets
13.4 Organizing Widgets with Frames
13.5 Button Widgets and Info Dialog Boxes
13.6 Getting Input with the Entry Widget
13.7 Using Labels as Output Fields
13.8 Radio Buttons and Check Buttons
13.9 Listbox Widgets
13.10 Drawing Shapes with the Canvas Widget
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Chapter 14: Database Programming
14.1 Database Management Systems
14.2 Tables, Rows, and Columns
14.3 Opening and Closing a Database Connection with SQLite
14.4 Creating and Deleting Tables
14.5 Adding Data to a Table
14.6 Querying Data with the SQL SELECT Statement
14.7 Updating and Deleting Existing Rows
14.8 More About Primary Keys
14.9 Handling Database Exceptions
14.10 CRUD Operations
14.11 Relational Data
Review Questions
Programming Exercises
Appendix A: Installing Python
Appendix B: Introduction to IDLE
Appendix C: The ASCII Character Set
Appendix D: Predefined Named Colors
Appendix E: More About the import Statement
Appendix F: Formatting Numeric Output with the format() Function
Appendix G: Installing Modules with the pip Utility
Appendix H: Answers to Checkpoints
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