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

by Allen B. Downey

• ISBN13: 9780521725965
• ISBN10: 0521725968
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780511501555
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-16
• Publisher: 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.

Table of Contents

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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