Python's combination of exceptional power and simplicity has made it one of the world's fastest growing programming languages. Now, there's a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to Python from the Deitels, leading corporate trainers and authors of the best selling How to Program books. Like all of the Deitels' How to Program books, Python How to Program features the Deitels' signature Live-CodeÀTM Approach: thousands of lines of live code, explained with exceptional clarity by the renowned programming trainers of Deitel & Associates. Python How to Program covers all facets of the Python language, from syntax to object-oriented development, CGI to XML, wireless programming to DB-API database integration. Coverage includes Python GUI development, regular expressions, file processing, exceptions, threads, networking, security, data structures, and much more. The book contains hundreds of real-world tips and techniques for writing high quality code, improving performance and reliability, and efficient debugging. A link to the Web's best Python demos and all of the book's source code, up-to-date Python development tools. For new and experienced developers who want to master Python and object-oriented development quickly; Python developers who want to deepen their skills; and Web professionals who want to leverage Python's full power in Web, XML, and wireless applications.
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The authoritative DEITEL™ LIVE-CODE™ introduction to Python programming
This new book by the world's leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains how to use Python as a general-purpose programming language and how to program multi-tier, client/server, database-intensive, Internet- and Web-based applications.
Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally-recognized corporate-training and content-creation organization specializing in Python, Visual Basic® .NET, C#, Visual C++® .NET, Java™, C++, C, XML, Perl, Internet, Web, wireless and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of several worldwide #1 programming-language textbooks, including Java How to Program, 4/e, C++ How to Program, 3/e and Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e.
In Python How to Program, the Deitels and their colleagues, Jonathan Liperi and Ben Wiedermann, discuss topics you need to build complete Web-based applications, including:
- HTML/XHTML™/CSS™
- Python Server Pages/CGI
- Networking/Sockets
- GUI/Tkinter/Python Mega Widgets
- PyOpenGL/Multimedia/Accessibility
- Databases/DB-API/SQL
- File Processing/Serialization
- Modules/Classes/Class Attributes
- Class Customization/Method Overriding
- Control Structures/Functions/Inheritance
- String Manipulation/Regular Expressions
- Lists/Tuples/Dictionaries/Data Structures
- Process Management/Multithreading
- Interprocess Communication
- Exceptions/XML Processing
- Security/Restricted Execution
Python How to Program includes extensive pedagogic features:
- Hundreds of LIVE-CODE™ programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
- World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
- Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions–all marked with icons
Python How to Program is the centerpiece of a complete family of resources for teaching and learning Python, including Web sites ( www.deitel.com , http://www.pearson.com/deitel and www.InformIT.com/deitel ) with the book's source-code examples and other information for faculty, students and professionals;( Python Multimedia Cyber Classroom ) containing hyperlinks, solutions to half the book's exercises and audio walkthroughs of the book's code examples; and e-mail access to the authors at deitel@deitel
For information on worldwide Deitel on-site seminars and to subscribe to the Deitel Buzz e-mail newsletter, visit: www.deitel.com
For information on current and forthcoming Deitel/Prentice Hall publications including How to Program Series books, Multimedia Cyber Classrooms Complete Training Courses (which include DEITEL™ books and Cyber Classrooms) and Web-Based Training Courses please see the last few pages of this book.
