A Functional Start to Computing with Python
1st Edition
Published on 26. July 2013
427 pages
978-1-4665-0457-8 (ISBN)
Description
A Functional Start to Computing with Python enables students to quickly learn computing without having to use loops, variables, and object abstractions at the start. Requiring no prior programming experience, the book draws on Python's flexible data types and operations as well as its capacity for defining new functions. Along with the specifics of
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Philadelphia, PA
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
52 s/w Abbildungen, 1 s/w Tabelle
52 b/w images and 1 table
ISBN-13
978-1-4665-0457-8 (9781466504578)
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Content
Motivation and Background: Inspirations of Computing. Preview of Computing with Python. General Landscape of Computing Languages. Python Setup. Functional-Style Python: Types. Operators. Expressions. Printing. Functions I. Functions II. Conditional Logic. Slice, Split, Join. Comprehensions. Functional Patterns. Imperative-Style Python: Names for Data. Functions and Variables. Mutation. Modules. Repetition. Documentation. Debugging. Accumulation Loop Patterns. Search Loop Patterns. Drawing. Input and Output. Network Programs. Objects, Classes, and Inheritance. Randomness, Time, and System Modules. Graphical User Interfaces. Appendices. Index.
