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TITLE
| | Learning Python
| | EDITION
| | 1st
| | ISBN
| | 1-56592-464-9
| | AUTHOR(S)
| | David Ascher, Mark Lutz
| | PUBLISHER
| | O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.
| | PUBLISHED
| | 1999
| | LEVEL(S)
| | 2 and 3 [about levels]
| | This edition has been replaced
| | Order current edition from amazon.com
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| SYNOPSIS |
Learning Python is an introduction to the increasingly popular Python programming language. Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented scripting language. Python is growing in popularity because:
* It is available on all important platforms: Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 98, Linux, all major UNIX platforms, MacOS, and even the BeOS.
* It is open-source software, copyrighted but freely available for use, even in commercial applications.
* Its clean object-oriented interface makes it a valuable prototyping tool for C++ programmers.
* It works well with all popular windowing toolkits, including MFC, Tk, Mac, X11, and Motif.
Learning Python is written by Mark Lutz, author of Programming Python and Python Desktop Reference; and David Ascher, a vision scientist and Python user.
This book starts with a thorough introduction to the elements of Python: types, operators, statements, classes, functions, modules, and exceptions. By reading the first part of the book, the reader will be able to understand and construct programs in the Python language. In the second part of the book, the authors present more advanced information, demonstrating how Python performs common tasks and presenting real applications and the libraries available for those applications.
All the examples use the Python interpreter, so the reader can type them in and get instant feedback. Each chapter ends with a series of exercises. Solutions to the exercises are in an appendix.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
| | David Ascher | David Ascher is the lead for Python projects at ActiveState, including Komodo, ActiveState's integrated development environment written mostly in Python. David has taught courses about Python to corporations, in universities, and at conferences. He also organized the Python track at the 1999 and 2000 O'Reilly Open Source Conventions, and was the program chair for the 10th International Python Conference. In addition, he co-wrote Learning Python (both editions) and serves as a director of the Python Software Foundation. David holds a B.S. in physics and a Ph.D. in cognitive science, both from Brown University. | | Mark Lutz | Mark Lutz is an independent Python trainer, writer, and software developer, and is one of the primary figures in the Python community. He is the author of the O'Reilly books Programming Python and Python Pocket Reference (both in 2nd Editions), and co-author of Learning Python (both in 2nd Editions). Mark has been involved with Python since 1992, began teaching Python classes in 1997, and has instructed over 90 Python training sessions as of early 2003. In addition, he holds BS and MS degrees in computer science from the University of Wisconsin, and over the last two decades has worked on compilers, programming tools, scripting applications, and assorted client/server systems. Whenever Mark gets a break from spreading the Python word, he leads an ordinary, average life with his kids in Colorado. Mark can be reached by email at, or on the web at http://www.rmi.net/~lutz . |
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