Hardcore Programming for Engineers: Build Engineering Applications from Scratch - Softcover

Angel Sola

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1718500785 ISBN 13: 9781718500785

Publisher: No Starch Press, 2021

Synopsis

Hardcore Programming for Mechanical Engineers is for intermediate programmers who want to write good applications that solve tough engineering problems – from scratch.

This book will teach you how to solve engineering problems with Python. The “hardcore” approach means that you will learn to get the correct results by coding everything from scratch. Forget relying on third-party software – there are no shortcuts on the path to proficiency. Instead, using familiar concepts from linear algebra, geometry and physics, you’ll write your own libraries, draw your own primitives, and build your own applications.
 
Author Angel Sola covers core programming techniques mechanical engineers need to know, with a focus on high-quality code and automated unit testing for error-free implementations. After basic primers on Python and using the command line, you’ll quickly develop a geometry toolbox, filling it with lines and shapes for diagramming problems. As your understanding grows chapter-by-chapter, you’ll create vector graphics and animations for dynamic simulations; you’ll code algorithms that can do complex numerical computations; and you’ll put all of this knowledge together to build a complete structural analysis application that solves a 2D truss problem – similar to the software projects conducted by real-world mechanical engineers.
 
You'll learn:
  •  How to use geometric primitives, like points and polygons, and implement matrices
  •  Best practices for clean code, including unit testing, encapsulation, and expressive names
  •  Processes for drawing images to the screen and creating animations inside Tkinter’s Canvas widget
  •  How to write programs that read from a file, parse the data, and produce vector images
  •  Numerical methods for solving large systems of linear equations, like the Cholesky decomposition algorithm
 

About this title

About the Author

Angel Sola Orbaiceta has been working in the software industry since 2013. He has a degree in industrial engineering with a focus in mechanics. He currently works at Glovo (https: //glovoapp.com), a thriving start-up in the heart of Barcelona. Angel is the creator of InkStructure (http: //www.inkstructure.com), an application crafted for architecture and engineering students which solves 2D structure problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1718500785
• ISBN 13: 9781718500785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 550