Pragmatic Python Programming

Explore the world of programming languages through Python and learn the building blocks of writing programs. This book covers Python 3.10, explaining it through six key concepts. Each chapter contains a real-world example with practical advice and a section on advanced concepts.

You'll start by reviewing the concept of expressions and functions, which are two of the core building blocks of programming languages. You'll then move on to object-oriented concepts to help gain a practical understanding of Python, along with a chapter on control flow constructs. The book also takes a close look at sequences, explaining constructs and additional types, and wraps up with a chapter on modules, focusing on how to use and create packages. Whether you're new to programming or already an experienced developer, upon finishing this book, you will have a solid understand You will:

• Study the six main concepts of the programming languages
• Learn how to use programming language constructs through examples
• Review the core Python language notations and concepts.

• Start using Python as a working language

Auteur

Gabor Guta has studied and researched at Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, Johannes Kepler University, Linz to gain an understanding of the formal meaning of programming languages. He worked on complex technology transfer and cheminformatics projects where both strong theoretical background and practical software development skills were crucial. Currently, he is developing distributed software for bioinformatics and system biology projects. Beside his software development work, he has been continuously training people both in academic and industrial settings. He has been actively teaching Python since 2017.

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Explore the packages of Python's colorful ecosystem for your next projects and develop your skills through programming exercises. This book covers Python 3.10, explaining it through six key concepts. Each chapter contains a real-world example with practical advice and a section on advanced concepts. You'll start by reviewing the concept of expressions and functions, which are two of the core building blocks of programming languages. You'll then move on to object-oriented concepts to help gain a practical understanding of Python, along with a chapter on control flow constructs. The book also takes a close look at sequences, explaining constructs and additional types, and wraps up with a chapter on modules, focusing on how to use and create packages. Whether your new to programming, or already an experienced developer, by the end of the book, you will have a solid understanding of Python's state-of-the-art development features. What You'll Learn

• Study the six main concepts of the programming languages
• Translate simple problems into programming language concepts
• Review the core Python language notations and concepts.
• Use Python actively as a working languageWho This Book Is For Software developers wanting to gain professional core Python knowledge quickly, and non-developers wanting to gain an understanding of programming concepts

Contenu

Chapter 1: Expression- Explains expression as the first key concept of a programming language.1.1. What is an expression?1.2. Expressions containing different types1.3. Variable names1.4. Statements1.5. Deleting variable names1.6. Further language constructs1.7. Expressions and statements in practice1.8. References: Chapter 2: Function- Explains function as the second most important building block.2.1. What is a function?2.2. Calling functions2.3. Functions with side effects2.4. Function parameters2.5. Defining functions2.6. Referencing to variable and function names2.7. Function as parameter2.8. Embedded function definitions2.9. Function in practice2.10. References Chapter 3: Class- Explains object-oriented concepts as everything is an object in Python.3.1. What is object-oriented programming?3.2. What is a class?3.3. Creating objects3.4. Using attributes and methods3.5. Defining classes3.6. Connection between classes3.7. Properties3.8. Inheritance3.9. Embedded classes3.10. Special methods3.11. Classes in practice3.12. References Chapter 4. Control flow- Explains what control flow constructs and everything related to it (exceptions, recursion, etc.)4.1. What is control flow?4.2. Conditional statement4.3. Condition-controlled loops4.4. Count-controlled loops4.5. Exception handling4.6. Context management4.7. References Chapter 5: Sequence- Explains the list like constructs and additional container types.5.1. What is a sequence?5.2. List and its operations5.3. List comprehension5.4. Tuples 5.5. Dictionaries5.6. Sets5.7. References Chapter 6: Module- Explains how to use and create packages.6.1. What is a module?6.2. Built-in modules6.3. Create your own modules6.4. Packages6.5. Package management6.6. Interesting third party packages6.7. References