Practical Programming An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python

Name: Practical Programming An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python
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ISBN: 9781934356272

ISBN-10: 1934356271

ISBN-13: 9781934356272

Edition: 2009

Authors: Jennifer Campbell, Paul Gries, Jason Montojo, Greg Wilson, Jennifer et al Campbell

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Computers are used in every part of science from ecology to particle physics. This introduction to computer science continually reinforces those ties by using real-world science problems as examples. Anyone who has taken a high school science class will be able to follow along as the book introduces the basics of programming, then goes on to show readers how to work with databases, download data from the web automatically, build graphical interfaces, and most importantly, how to think like a professional programmer. Topics covered include: * Basic elements of programming from arithmetic to loops and if statements. * Using functions and modules to organize programs. * Using lists, sets, and…

Book details

List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Pragmatic Programmers, LLC, The
Publication date: 6/7/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 350
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English

Jennifer Campbell is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at theUniversity of Toronto who created the course this book is based on.

Paul Gries, is a senior lecturer in Computer Science at the University of Toronto. He has won numerous teaching awards and authored other introductory computer science texts.

Jason Montojo, is a former student of Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries, who has since worked on the Eclipse programming platform at IBM; he is also a professional photographer and digital artist, and created all of the diagrams for this book.




Introduction



Programs and Programming



A Few Definitions



What to Install



For Instructors



Summary



Hello, Python



The Big Picture



Expressions



What Is a Type?



Variables and the Assignment Statement



When Things Go Wrong



Function Basics



Built-in Functions



Style Notes



Summary



Exercises



Strings



Strings



Escape Characters



Multiline Strings



Print



Formatted Printing



User Input



Summary



Exercises



Modules



Importing Modules



Defining Your Own Modules



Objects and Methods



Pixels and Colors



Testing



Style Notes



Summary



Exercises



Lists



Lists and Indices



Modifying Lists



Built-in Functions on Lists



Processing List Items



Slicing



Aliasing



List Methods



Nested Lists



Other Kinds of Sequences



Files as Lists



Comments



Summary



Exercises



Making Choices



Boolean Logic



if Statements



Storing Conditionals



Summary



Exercises



Repetition



Counted Loops



while Loops



User Input Loops



Controlling Loops



Style Notes



Summary



Exercises



File Processing



One Record per Line



Records with Multiple Fields



Positional Data



Multiline Records



Looking Ahead



Writing to Files



Summary



Exercises



Sets and Dictionaries



Sets



Dictionaries



Inverting a Dictionary



Summary



Exercises



Algorithms



Searching



Timing



Summary



Exercises



Searching and Sorting



Linear Search



Binary Search



Sorting



More Efficient Sorting Algorithms



Mergesort: An Nlog2N Algorithm



Summary



Exercises



Construction



More on Functions



Exceptions



Testing



Debugging



Patterns



Summary



Exercises



Object-Oriented Programming



Class Color



Special Methods



More About dir and help



A Little Bit of OO Theory



A Longer Example



Summary



Exercises



Graphical User Interfaces



The Tkinter Module



Basic GUI Construction



Models, Views, and Controllers



Style



A Few More Widgets



Object-Oriented GUIs



Summary



Exercises



Databases



The Big Picture



First Steps



Retrieving Data



Updating and Deleting



Transactions



Using NULL for Missing Data



Using Joins to Combine Tables



Keys and Constraints



Advanced Features



Summary



Exercises


A Bibliography


Index