Learning Python [3rd edition]
by Mark Lutz, David Ascher (Author)
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Learning Python is an introduction to the increasingly popular Python programming language. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented scripting language. Python is growing in popularity because: It is available on all important platforms: Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Linux, all major UNIX platforms, MacOS, and even the BeOS. It is open-source software, copyrighted but freely available for use, even in commercial applications. Its clean object-oriented interface makes it a show more valuable prototyping tool for C++ programmers. It works well with all popular windowing toolkits, including MFC, Tk, Mac, X11, and Motif. Learning Python is written by Mark Lutz, author of Programming Python and Python Pocket Reference ; and David Ascher, a vision scientist and Python user. This book starts with a thorough introduction to the elements of Python: types, operators, statements, classes, functions, modules, and exceptions. By reading the first part of the book, the reader will be able to understand and construct programs in the Python language. In the second part of the book, the authors present more advanced information, demonstrating how Python performs common tasks and presenting real applications and the libraries available for those applications. All the examples use the Python interpreter, so the reader can type them in and get instant feedback. Each chapter ends with a series of exercises. Solutions to the exercises are in an appendix. show lessTags
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Great introduction to Python. I went through quickly through it without a computer to grasp the syntax, and was later able to start writing my first programs.
Although some might argue that there you can find the same content on the Internet, it's much easier for me to read from a book.
Although some might argue that there you can find the same content on the Internet, it's much easier for me to read from a book.
Very helpful for beginning and intermediate Python programmers. This book is The C Programming Language, for Pythonistas.
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Mark Lutz is a software developer, and a Python writer and trainer
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- Canonical title
- Learning Python [3rd edition]
- Original publication date
- 2008 (3rd edition) (3rd edition)
- Dedication
- To the late Frank Willison, our mentor, friend, and first editor.
- First words
- Part I begins by exploring some of the ideas behind Python, the Python execution model, and ways to launch program code.
This book provides an introduction to the Python programming language. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Be sure to research what's available at the time you need it, as this is an area where new tools and new revisions of existing tools show up fairly often.
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The online edition of this book was created by the Safari production group (John Chodacki, Becki Maisch, and Madeleine Newell) using a set of Frame-to-XML conversion and cleanup tools written and maintained by Erik Ray, Benn Salter, John Chodacki, and Jeff Liggett. - Disambiguation notice
- This is the 3rd edition of Learning Python by Mark Lutz.
Please do not combine with other editions, because they cover different material and correspond to different versions of the Python programming lan... (show all)guage. This edition covers Python 2.5.
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- Technology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 005.133 — Computer science, information & general works Computer science, knowledge & systems Artificial Intelligence/Virtual Reality Software development Computer programming Specific programming languages
- LCC
- QA76.73 .P98 .L877 — Science Mathematics Mathematics Instruments and machines Calculating machines Electronic computers. Computer science
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