Python for Software Design : How to Think Like a Computer Scientist,9780521725965

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Python for Software Design : How to Think Like a Computer Scientist

by Allen B. Downey

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1st

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9780521725965

ISBN10:

0521725968

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Paperback

Pub. Date:

3/16/2009

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Cambridge University Press

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Summary

Python for Software Design is a concise introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most challenging, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. The focus is on the programming process, with special emphasis on debugging. The book includes a wide range of exercises, from short examples to substantial projects, so that students have ample opportunity to practice each new concept. Exercise solutions and code examples are available from thinkpython.com, along with Swampy, a suite of Python programs that is used in some of the exercises.

Preface
The way of the program
Variables, expressions and statements
Functions
Case study: interface design
Conditionals and recursion
Fruitful functions
Iteration
Strings
Case study: word play
Lists
Dictionaries
Tuples
Case study: data structure selection
Files
Classes and objects
Classes and functions
Classes and methods
Inheritance
Case study: Tkinter
debugging
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