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Think Python How to Think Like a Computer Scientist Allen Downey

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Open textbook libraryDistributor: Minneapolis, MN Open Textbook LibraryPublisher: [Place of publication not identified] Green Tea Press [2012]Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 2eDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781491939369
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QA76
  • QA76
Online resources:
Contents:
1 The way of the program -- 2 Variables, expressions and statements -- 3 Functions -- 4 Case study: interface design -- 5 Conditionals and recursion -- 6 Fruitful functions -- 7 Iteration -- 8 Strings -- 9 Case study: word play -- 10 Lists -- 11 Dictionaries -- 12 Tuples -- 13 Case study: data structure selection -- 14 Files -- 15 Classes and objects -- 16 Classes and functions -- 17 Classes and methods -- 18 Inheritance -- 19 The Goodies -- A Debugging -- B Analysis of Algorithms
Subject: Think Python is a concise introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most challenging, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This textbook has been used in classes at Bard College, Olin College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Maine, University of Northern Colorado.
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1 The way of the program -- 2 Variables, expressions and statements -- 3 Functions -- 4 Case study: interface design -- 5 Conditionals and recursion -- 6 Fruitful functions -- 7 Iteration -- 8 Strings -- 9 Case study: word play -- 10 Lists -- 11 Dictionaries -- 12 Tuples -- 13 Case study: data structure selection -- 14 Files -- 15 Classes and objects -- 16 Classes and functions -- 17 Classes and methods -- 18 Inheritance -- 19 The Goodies -- A Debugging -- B Analysis of Algorithms

Think Python is a concise introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most challenging, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. This textbook has been used in classes at Bard College, Olin College of Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, University of Maine, University of Northern Colorado.

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