Learning Python, 5th Edition

Pdf Book Name: Learning Python, 5th Edition
Author: Mark Lutz
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
ISBN-10, 13: 1449355684,9781449355685
Year: 2014
Pages: 1600 / 1594 Pages
Language: English
File size: 10 MB
File format: PDF,EPUB

Download Learning Python, 5th Edition Pdf Book Description:

Python is a popular open source programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications in a wide variety of domains. It is free, portable, powerful, and is both relatively easy and remarkably fun to use. Programmers from every corner of the software industry have found Python’s focus on developer productivity and software quality to be a strategic advantage in projects both large and small. Whether you are new to programming or are a professional developer, this book is designed to bring you up to speed on the Python language in ways that more limited approaches cannot. After reading this book, you should know enough about Python to apply it in whatever application domains you choose to explore. By design, this book is a tutorial that emphasizes the core Python language itself, rather than specific applications of it.This division of labor is deliberate. While application goals can vary per reader, the need for useful language fundamentals coverage does not. Applications-focused books such as Programming Python pick up where this book leaves off, using realistically scaled examples to explore Python’s role in common domains such as the Web, GUIs, systems, databases, and text. In addition, the book Python Pocket Reference provides reference materials not included here, and it is designed to supplement this book.

Because of this book’s focus on foundations, though, it is able to present Python language fundamentals with more depth than many programmers see when first learning the language. Its bottom up approach and self contained didactic examples are designed to teach readers the entire language one step at a time. The core language skills you’ll gain in the process will apply to every Python software system you’ll encounter be it today’s popular tools such as Django, NumPy, and App Engine, or others that may be a part of both Python’s future and your programming career. Because it’s based upon a three-day Python training class with quizzes and exercises throughout, this book also serves as a self-paced introduction to the language. Although its format lacks the live interaction of a class, it compensates in the extra depth and flexibility that only a book can provide. Though there are many ways to use this book, linear readers will find it roughly equivalent to a semester-long Python class.