Python 3 for Absolute Beginners
- 5h 17m
- J-P Stacey, Tim Hall
- Apress
- 2009
There are many more people who want to study programming other than aspiring computer scientists with a passing grade in advanced calculus. This guide appeals to your intelligence and ability to solve practical problems, while gently teaching the most recent revision of the programming language Python.
You can learn solid software design skills and accomplish practical programming tasks, like extending applications and automating everyday processes, even if you have no programming experience at all. Authors Tim Hall and J–P Stacey use everyday language to decode programming jargon and teach Python 3 to the absolute beginner.
What you’ll learn
- Cultivate a problem–solving approach and acquire software design skills.
- Learn how to create your own software from simple “Hello World” type programs to stand–alone windowed applications.
- Document while programming, program while documenting.
- Decode programmers’ jargon.
- Master the Python 3 programming language.
About the Authors
Tim Hall currently provides front–line support for 64 Studio. He has also written newbie tutorials for Linux User and Developer magazine in between more mundane system admin and web authoring jobs.
Tim uses Python as his main programming language, primarily as a means for creative ends, because it is easy to read and fun to learn.
J-P Stacey has been a senior developer at Torchbox Ltd since 2005, building and maintaining (among other things) Python and Django applications. He organizes the Oxford Geek Nights, and gets involved in tuition and seminars at Torchbox.
In this Book
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Introducing Python
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Designing Software
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Variables and Data Types
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Making Choices
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Using Lists
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Functions
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Working with Text
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Executable Files, Organization, and Python on the Web
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Classes
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Exceptions
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Reusing Code with Modules and Packages
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Simple Windowed Applications
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