Learning Python (5th Edition)

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Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz’s popular training course, this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It’s an ideal way to begin, whether you’re new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.

Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow, self-paced tutorial gets you started with both Python 2.7 and 3.3— the latest releases in the 3.X and 2.X lines—plus all other releases in common use today. You’ll also learn some advanced language features that recently have become more common in Python code.

• Explore Python’s major built-in object types such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries
• Create and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python’s general syntax model
• Use functions to avoid code redundancy and package code for reuse
• Organize statements, functions, and other tools into larger components with modules
• Dive into classes: Python’s object-oriented programming tool for structuring code
• Write large programs with Python’s exception-handling model and development tools
• Learn advanced Python tools, including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing

Content:-

Preface
Part I. Getting Started
1. A Python Q&A Session

2. How Python Runs Programs

3. How You Run Programs

Part II. Types and Operations4. Introducing Python Object Types

5. Numeric Types

6. The Dynamic Typing Interlude

7. String Fundamentals

8. Lists and Dictionaries

9. Tuples, Files, and Everything Else

Part III. Statements and Syntax10. Introducing Python Statements

11. Assignments, Expressions, and Prints

12. if Tests and Syntax Rules

13. while and for Loops

14. Iterations and Comprehensions

15. The Documentation Interlude

Part IV. Functions and Generators16. Function Basics

17. Scopes

18. Arguments

19. Advanced Function Topics

20. Comprehensions and Generations

21. The Benchmarking Interlude

Part V. Modules and Packages22. Modules: The Big Picture

23. Module Coding Basics

24. Module Packages

25. Advanced Module Topics

Part VI. Classes and OOP26. OOP: The Big Picture

27. Class Coding Basics

28. A More Realistic Example

29. Class Coding Details

30. Operator Overloading

31. Designing with Classes

32. Advanced Class Topics

Part VII. Exceptions and Tools33. Exception Basics

34. Exception Coding Details

35. Exception Objects

36. Designing with Exceptions

Part VIII. Advanced Topics37. Unicode and Byte Strings

38. Managed Attributes

39. Decorators

40. Metaclasses

41. All Good Things

Part IX. AppendixesA. Installation and Configuration

B. The Python 3.3 Windows Launcher

C. Python Changes and This Book

D. Solutions to End-of-Part Exercises

Index

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