Pragmatic Python Programming: Learning Python the Smart Way

ISBN-13: 9781484281512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Gabor Guta

Opis

Explore the world of programming languages through Python and learn the building blocks of writing programs. This book covers Python 3.10, explaining it through six key concepts. Each chapter contains a real-world example with practical advice and a section on advanced concepts. You'll start by reviewing the concept of expressions and functions, which are two of the core building blocks of programming languages.  You'll then move on to object-oriented concepts to help gain a practical understanding of Python, along with a chapter on control flow constructs. The book also takes a close look at sequences, explaining constructs and additional types, and wraps up with a chapter on modules, focusing on how to use and create packages. Whether you’re new to programming or already an experienced developer, upon finishing this book, you will have a solid understanding of Python's state-of-the-art development features.

What You Will Learn

• Study the six main concepts of the programming languages
• Learn how to use programming language constructs through examples
• Review the core Python language notations and concepts.
• Start using Python as a working language

Who This Book Is For

Software developers wanting to gain professional core Python knowledge quickly, and non-developers wanting to gain an understanding of programming concepts.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Expression

- Explains expression as the first key concept of a programming language.

1.1. What is an expression?

1.2. Expressions containing different types

1.3. Variable names

1.4. Statements

1.5. Deleting variable names

1.6. Further language constructs

1.7. Expressions and statements in practice

1.8. References:

Chapter 2: Function

- Explains function as the second most important building block.

2.1. What is a function?

2.2. Calling functions

2.3. Functions with side effects

2.4. Function parameters

2.5. Defining functions

2.6. Referencing to variable and function names

2.7. Function as parameter

2.8. Embedded function definitions

2.9. Function in practice

2.10. References

Chapter 3: Class

- Explains object-oriented concepts as everything is an object in Python.

3.1. What is object-oriented programming?

3.2. What is a class?

3.3. Creating objects

3.4. Using attributes and methods

3.5. Defining classes

3.6. Connection between classes

3.7. Properties

3.8. Inheritance

3.9. Embedded classes

3.10. Special methods

3.11. Classes in practice

3.12. References

Chapter 4. Control flow

- Explains what control flow constructs and everything related to it (exceptions, 

recursion, etc.)

4.1. What is control flow?

4.2. Conditional statement

4.3. Condition-controlled loops

4.4. Count-controlled loops

4.5. Exception handling

4.6. Context management

4.7. References

Chapter 5: Sequence

- Explains the list like constructs and additional container types.

5.1. What is a sequence?

5.2. List and its operations

5.3. List comprehension

5.4. Tuples 

5.5. Dictionaries

5.6. Sets

5.7. References

Chapter 6: Module

- Explains how to use and create packages.

6.1. What is a module?

6.2. Built-in modules

6.3. Create your own modules

6.4. Packages

6.5. Package management

6.6. Interesting third party packages

6.7. References

O autorze

Gabor Guta has studied and researched at Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz to gain an understanding of the formal meaning of programming languages. He worked on complex technology transfer and cheminformatics projects where both strong theoretical background and practical software development skills were crucial. Currently, he is developing distributed software for bioinformatics and system biology projects. Beside his software development work, he has been continuously training people both in academic and industrial settings. He has been actively teaching Python since 2017.

Blurb

Explore the world of programming languages through Python and learn the building blocks of writing programs. This book covers Python 3.10, explaining it through six key concepts. Each chapter contains a real-world example with practical advice and a section on advanced concepts.

You'll start by reviewing the concept of expressions and functions, which are two of the core building blocks of programming languages.  You'll then move on to object-oriented concepts to help gain a practical understanding of Python, along with a chapter on control flow constructs. The book also takes a close look at sequences, explaining constructs and additional types, and wraps up with a chapter on modules, focusing on how to use and create packages.

Whether you’re new to programming or already an experienced developer, upon finishing this book, you will have a solid understand

You will:

• Study the six main concepts of the programming languages
• Learn how to use programming language constructs through examples
• Review the core Python language notations and concepts.
• Start using Python as a working language