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    Learning Python
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    Learning Python

    By Mark Lutz

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    About this ebook

    Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is ideal for both standalone programs and scripting applications. With this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. Once you finish, you will know enough about the language to use it in any application domain you choose.

    Learning Python is based on material from author Mark Lutz's popular training courses, which he's taught over the past decade. Each chapter is a self-contained lesson that helps you thoroughly understand a key component of Python before you continue. Along with plenty of annotated examples, illustrations, and chapter summaries, every chapter also contains Brain Builder, a unique section with practical exercises and review quizzes that let you practice new skills and test your understanding as you go.

    This book covers:

    • Types and Operations -- Python's major built-in object types in depth: numbers, lists, dictionaries, and more


    • Statements and Syntax -- the code you type to create and process objects in Python, along with Python's general syntax model


    • Functions -- Python's basic procedural tool for structuring and reusing code


    • Modules -- packages of statements, functions, and other tools organized into larger components


    • Classes and OOP -- Python's optional object-oriented programming tool for structuring code for customization and reuse


    • Exceptions and Tools -- exception handling model and statements, plus a look at development tools for writing larger programs
    Learning Python gives you a deep and complete understanding of the language that will help you comprehend any application-level examples of Python that you later encounter. If you're ready to discover what Google and YouTube see in Python, this book is the best way to get started.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherO'Reilly Media, Inc.
    Release dateOct 22, 2007
    ISBN9780596516604
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    Learning Python
    Author

    Mark Lutz

    Mark Lutz is a leading Python trainer, the author of Python’s earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python world. Mark is the author of the three O’Reilly books: Learning Python, Programming Python, and Python Pocket Reference, all currently in fourth or fifth editions. He has been using and promoting Python since 1992, started writing Python books in 1995, and began teaching Python classes in 1997. As of Spring 2013, Mark has instructed 260 Python training sessions, taught roughly 4,000 students in live classes, and written Python books that have sold 400,000 units and been translated to at least a dozen languages. Together, his two decades of Python efforts have helped to establish it as one of the most widely used programming languages in the world today. In addition, Mark has been in the software field for 30 years. He holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin where he explored implementations of the Prolog language, and over his career has worked as a professional software developer on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems. Mark maintains a training website (http://learning-python.com) and an additional book support site on the Web (http://www.rmi.net/~lutz).

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