Learning Python
Mark Lutz, David Ascher
OReilly ( December 2003 )
ISBN-10: 0-596-00281-5
ISBN-13: 9780596002817
620 pp
Book Reviewer: Evans Anyokwu
About: Learning Python
This is a very well written Python book by well informed and knowledgable authors. They know their stuff so well that you will almost begin to feel like a solid Python programmer within hours of picking up this book. This is an excellent book that covers the language very well. I recommend you get this book if you are kin on learning Python and getting into the groove with it. Even if you are a beginner or a seasoned developer, you will find this book really useful.
Chapter 2: How Python Runs Programs
Chapter 3: How You Run Programs
In this section, every developers favourite: Testing and Debugging is
discussed. Installing JUnit is also covered with running a simple test
with the new installation. It quickly moves on to debugging, setting
break points, stepping through code and configuring break points.
Chapter 4: Numbers
hello
Chapter 5: Strings
Chapter 6: Lists and Dictionaries
Chapter 7: Tuples, Files, and Everything Else
Chapter 8: Assignment, Expressions, and Print
Chapter 9: if Tests
Chapter 10: while and for Loops
Chapter 11: Documenting Python Code
Chapter 12: Function Basics
This is a very good introduction to the basic function in Python. If you have programmed in other languages, you'd notice how complex and painful it could take to write a very simple function. But in this section, the author did not disappoint; they presented a way that the newest of the newbie will find easy to follow.
Chapter 13: Scopes and Arguments
Chapter 14: Advanced Function Topics
Chapter 15: Modules: The Big Picture
Chapter 16: Module Coding Basics
Chapter 17: Module Packages
Chapter 18: Advanced Module Topics
Chapter 19: OOP: The Big Picture
Chapter 20: Class Coding Basics
Chapter 21: Class Coding Details
Chapter 22: Designing with Classes
Chapter 23: Advanced Class Topics
Chapter 24: Exception Basics
Chapter 25: Exception Objects
Chapter 26: Designing with Exceptions
Chapter 27: Common Tasks in Python
Chapter 28: Frameworks
Chapter 29: Python Resources
Conclusion
This is a very well written Python book by well informed and knowledgable authors. They know their stuff so well that you will almost begin to feel like a solid Python programmer within hours of picking up this book. This is an excellent book that covers the language very well. I recommend you get this book if you are kin on learning Python and getting into the groove with it. Even if you are a beginner or a seasoned developer, you will find this book really useful. Update: This book has been updated to version 3, with updates including the Python 2.5 and other modules and updates to some materials presented in the second version.Resources
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Evans Anyokwu:
Evans Anyokwu is a software engineer specializing in software usability engineering, Java Web applications, and he's a standards expert. He has a Bachelors degree with honours in Computer Science and is a Sun certified Java Programmer and has earned his MCP certification from Microsoft. He has been a software engineer for years and has experience with many operating systems, and programming languages including Python, Prolog and Modula-2. [more here...]
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