Exploring Python

Exploring Python takes an active learning approach which engages the student as an equal partner in the process of learning the fun, educational, and powerful programming language. This approach instills habits that students will carry with them throughout their programming career and helps them retain and use the information they have learned. Tim Budd is one of the best-known authors in Computer Science and has a reputation for producing writing texts along the leading edge of the discipline. Exploring Python provides an accessible and reliable introduction into programming with the Python language. Title CONTENTS Part 1 Basic Features of Python 1 Exploring Python 2 Creating Python Programs 3 Defi ning Functions 4 Strings, Lists, Tuples, and Sets 5 Dictionaries 6 Files 7 Classes 8 Functional Programming 9 Object-Oriented Programming 10 Scopes, Name Spaces, and Modules 11 Advanced Features Part 2 Case Studies 12 GUI Programming with Tkinter 13 Web-Based Applications 14 A Simple Blog 15 A Wiki Web 16 A Sudoku Solver 17 Using XML to Read an iTunes Database 18 Data Structures Appendices A Brief Python Reference B How to Learn a Second (or Third) Programming Language Index __Exploring Python__Tim Budd is one of the best-known authors in Computer Science and has a reputation for producing writing texts along the leading edge of the discipline. __Exploring Python__ provides an accessible and reliable introduction into programming with the Python language.