Python for Rookies

by Mount, Sarah; Shuttleworth, James; Winder, Russel

• ISBN13: 9781844807017
• ISBN10: 1844807010
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-09
• Publisher: Cengage Learning EMEA

Summary

Python for Rookies is designed to help students learn how to program. Using the Python language as a tool, the approach taken teaches students the fundamentals of programming and re-enforces good programming practice. Written for students studying a variety of degree subjects such as Games Technology, Creative Computing and Multimedia (where core Computer Science is applied to the Arts) the pace and breadth would also be suitable for a one semester introductory programming course for all computing undergraduates. We hope that the example programs, chosen to enliven and motivate will also be very relevant to a range of courses and the varied ambitions of people who need to acquire programming skills. The book covers programming from small script-style applications to larger pieces of software. The emphasis remains on problem-solving, even through the introduction of common libraries and object-oriented programming. Test-oriented development is an integral part of programming and learning how to incorporate a unit test early on will take away the frustrations of producing buggy software that doesn?t run. It will provide a framework to support your learning of programming.

Table of Contents

Getting Started

The Fundamentals

Controlling the Flow

Structuring State

Functionally Modular

Classy Objects

Inheriting Class

Filing Things Away

Testing, Testing

Algorithms and Data Structures

Threading the Code

The Life of the Game

PyGames Appendices

Index

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