- Learning Python
- Table of Contents
- Learning Python
- Credits
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- About the Reviewers
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- 1. Introduction and First Steps – Take a Deep Breath
- A proper introduction
- Enter the Python
- About Python
- What are the drawbacks?
- Who is using Python today?
- Setting up the environment
- Installing Python
- How you can run a Python program
- How is Python code organized
- Python's execution model
- Guidelines on how to write good code
- The Python culture
- A note on the IDEs
- Summary
- 2. Built-in Data Types
- 3. Iterating and Making Decisions
- 4. Functions, the Building Blocks of Code
- Why use functions?
- Scopes and name resolution
- Input parameters
- Return values
- A few useful tips
- Recursive functions
- Anonymous functions
- Function attributes
- Built-in functions
- One final example
- Documenting your code
- Importing objects
- Summary
- 5. Saving Time and Memory
- 6. Advanced Concepts – OOP, Decorators, and Iterators
- Decorators
- Object-oriented programming
- The simplest Python class
- Class and object namespaces
- Attribute shadowing
- I, me, and myself – using the self variable
- Initializing an instance
- OOP is about code reuse
- Accessing a base class
- Multiple inheritance
- Static and class methods
- Private methods and name mangling
- The property decorator
- Operator overloading
- Polymorphism – a brief overview
- Writing a custom iterator
- Summary
- 7. Testing, Profiling, and Dealing with Exceptions
- 8. The Edges – GUIs and Scripts
- 9. Data Science
- 10. Web Development Done Right
- 11. Debugging and Troubleshooting
- 12. Summing Up – A Complete Example
- Index
Author
Fabrizio Romano
Reviewers
Simone Burol
Julio Vicente Trigo Guijarro
Veit Heller
Commissioning Editor
Akram Hussain
Acquisition Editor
Indrajit Das
Content Development Editors
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Technical Editor
Siddhi Rane
Copy Editors
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Kevin McGowan
Project Coordinator
Kinjal Bari
Proofreader
Safis Editing
Indexer
Priya Sane
Graphics
Kirk D'Penha
Abhinash Sahu
Production Coordinator
Melwyn D'sa
Cover Work
Melwyn D'sa
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