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Learn Python Programming, 3rd edition

You're reading from   Learn Python Programming, 3rd edition An in-depth introduction to the fundamentals of Python

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781801815093
Length 554 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Heinrich Kruger Heinrich Kruger
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Fabrizio Romano Fabrizio Romano
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. A Gentle Introduction to Python 2. Built-In Data Types FREE CHAPTER 3. Conditionals and Iteration 4. Functions, the Building Blocks of Code 5. Comprehensions and Generators 6. OOP, Decorators, and Iterators 7. Exceptions and Context Managers 8. Files and Data Persistence 9. Cryptography and Tokens 10. Testing 11. Debugging and Profiling 12. GUIs and Scripting 13. Data Science in Brief 14. Introduction to API Development 15. Packaging Python Applications 16. Other Books You May Enjoy
17. Index

Enter the Python

Python is the marvelous creation of Guido Van Rossum, a Dutch computer scientist and mathematician who decided to gift the world with a project he was playing around with over Christmas 1989. The language appeared to the public somewhere around 1991, and since then has evolved to be one of the leading programming languages used worldwide today.

We started programming when we were both very young. Fabrizio started at the age of 7, on a Commodore VIC-20, which was later replaced by its bigger brother, the Commodore 64. The language it used was BASIC. Heinrich started when he learned Pascal in high school. Between us, we've programmed in Pascal, Assembly, C, C++, Java, JavaScript, Visual Basic, PHP, ASP, ASP .NET, C#, and plenty of others we can't even remember; only when we landed on Python did we finally have that feeling that you have when you find the right couch in the shop. When all of your body is yelling: Buy this one! This one is perfect!

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