Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming

Lutz, Mark:

ISBN 10: 1449355730 / ISBN 13: 9781449355739

Published by O'Reilly Media, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Learning Python: Powerful Object-Oriented Programming
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449355730
• ISBN 13: 9781449355739
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: 5th or later Edition
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz&;s popular training course, this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It&;s an ideal way to begin, whether you&;re new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.

Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow, self-paced tutorial gets you started with both Python 2.7 and 3.3&; the latest releases in the 3.X and 2.X lines&;plus all other releases in common use today. You&;ll also learn some advanced language features that recently have become more common in Python code.

• Explore Python&;s major built-in object types such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries
• Create and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python&;s general syntax model
• Use functions to avoid code redundancy and package code for reuse
• Organize statements, functions, and other tools into larger components with modules
• Dive into classes: Python&;s object-oriented programming tool for structuring code
• Write large programs with Python&;s exception-handling model and development tools
• Learn advanced Python tools, including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing

About the Author

Mark Lutz is the world leader in Python training, the author of Python's earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python community since 1992. He has been a software developer for 25 years, and is the author of O'Reilly's Programming Python, 3rd Edition and Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition.