Starting Out With Python | Fourth Edition | By Pearson (Paperback)  | Released: 01-Jan-18

A clear and student-friendly introduction to the fundamentals of Python. In starting out with Python, 4th edition, Tony Gaddis? accessible coverage introduces students to the basics of programming in a high-level language. Python, an easy-to-learn and increasingly popular object-oriented language, allows readers to become comfortable with the fundamentals of programming without the troublesome syntax that can be challenging for novices. With the knowledge acquired using Python, students gain confidence in their skills and learn to recognise the logic behind developing high-quality programs. features: 1. Written with clear, easy-to-understand language, and rich with example programs that are concise, practical, and real-world oriented. 2. The hundreds of example programs in the text are designed to highlight the topic currently being studied. Source code for these programs is provided so that students can run the programs themselves. 3. Students not only learn how to implement the features and constructs of Python, but also why and when to use them. 4. New! Turtle graphics table of Contents: 1. Introduction to Computers and programming> 2. Input, processing, and output> 3. Decision structures and Boolean logic 4. Repetition structures> 5. Functions> 6. Files and exceptions 7. Lists and tuples 8. More about strings 9. Dictionaries and sets 10. Classes and object-oriented programming> 11. Inheritance> 12. Recursion> 13. Gui programming.