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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

A Gentle Introduction to Python

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

– Chinese proverb

According to Wikipedia, computer programming is:

"...the process of designing and building an executable computer program to accomplish a specific computing result or to perform a specific task. Programming involves tasks such as: analysis, generating algorithms, profiling algorithms' accuracy and resource consumption, and the implementation of algorithms in a chosen programming language (commonly referred to as coding)."

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_programming)

In a nutshell, computer programming, or coding, as it is sometimes known, is telling a computer to do something using a language it understands.

Computers are very powerful tools, but unfortunately, they can't think for themselves. They need to be told everything: how to perform a task; how to evaluate...

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