Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

Learning Python has a dynamic and varied nature. It reads easily and lays a good foundation for those who are interested in digging deeper. It has a practical and example-oriented approach through which both the introductory and the advanced topics are explained. Starting with the fundamentals of programming and Python, it ends by exploring very different topics, like GUIs, web apps and data science. The book takes you all the way to creating a fully fledged application.

The book begins by exploring the essentials of programming, data structures and teaches you how to manipulate them. It then moves on to controlling the flow of a program and writing reusable and error proof code. You will then explore different programming paradigms that will allow you to find the best approach to any situation, and also learn how to perform performance optimization as well as effective debugging. Throughout, the book steers you through the various types of applications, and it concludes with a complete mini website built upon all the concepts that you learned.

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Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

Learning Python has a dynamic and varied nature. It reads easily and lays a good foundation for those who are interested in digging deeper. It has a practical and example-oriented approach through which both the introductory and the advanced topics are explained. Starting with the fundamentals of programming and Python, it ends by exploring very different topics, like GUIs, web apps and data science. The book takes you all the way to creating a fully fledged application.

The book begins by exploring the essentials of programming, data structures and teaches you how to manipulate them. It then moves on to controlling the flow of a program and writing reusable and error proof code. You will then explore different programming paradigms that will allow you to find the best approach to any situation, and also learn how to perform performance optimization as well as effective debugging. Throughout, the book steers you through the various types of applications, and it concludes with a complete mini website built upon all the concepts that you learned.

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Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

by Fabrizio Romano
Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

Learning Python: Learn to code like a professional with Python - an open source, versatile, and powerful programming language

by Fabrizio Romano

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Overview

Learning Python has a dynamic and varied nature. It reads easily and lays a good foundation for those who are interested in digging deeper. It has a practical and example-oriented approach through which both the introductory and the advanced topics are explained. Starting with the fundamentals of programming and Python, it ends by exploring very different topics, like GUIs, web apps and data science. The book takes you all the way to creating a fully fledged application.

The book begins by exploring the essentials of programming, data structures and teaches you how to manipulate them. It then moves on to controlling the flow of a program and writing reusable and error proof code. You will then explore different programming paradigms that will allow you to find the best approach to any situation, and also learn how to perform performance optimization as well as effective debugging. Throughout, the book steers you through the various types of applications, and it concludes with a complete mini website built upon all the concepts that you learned.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785284571
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Publication date: 12/24/2015
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 442
File size: 4 MB

About the Author

Fabrizio Romano was born in Italy in 1975. He holds a master's degree in Computer Science Engineering from the University of Padova. He's been working as a professional software developer since 1999. Fabrizio has been part of Sohonet's Product Team since 2016. In 2020, the Television Academy honored them with an Emmy Award in Engineering Development for advancing remote collaboration.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction and first steps – Take a deep breath
  2. Built-in data types
  3. Iterating and making decisions
  4. Functions, the building blocks of code
  5. Saving time and memory
  6. Advanced Concepts - OOP, Decorators, Iterators
  7. Testing, Profiling and dealing with Exceptions
  8. The edges: GUIs and Scripts
  9. Data Science
  10. Web Development done right
  11. Debugging and troubleshooting
  12. Summing up: a complete example
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