Learning Python
Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is ideal for both standalone programs and scripting applications. With this hands-on book, you can master the fundamentals of the core Python language quickly and efficiently, whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. Once you finis...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Beijing ; Sebastopol, California :
O'Reilly
[2008]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627070006719 |
Table of Contents:
- Learning Python, 3rd Edition; This Edition&s Python Training Changes; This Edition&s Structural Changes; This Edition&s Scope Changes; About This Book; This Book&s Scope and Other Books; This Book&s Style and Structure; Book Updates; About the Programs in This Book; Preparing for Python 3.0; About This Series; Using Code Examples; Font Conventions; Safari® Books Online; How to Contact Us; Acknowledgments; I. Getting Started; Developer Productivity; Is Python a ""Scripting Language""?; OK, but What&s the Downside?; Who Uses Python Today?; What Can I Do with Python?; GUIs; Internet Scripting
- Component IntegrationDatabase Programming; Rapid Prototyping; Numeric and Scientific Programming; Gaming, Images, AI, XML, Robots, and More; What Are Python&s Technical Strengths?; It&s Free; It&s Portable; It&s Powerful; It&s Mixable; It&s Easy to Use; It&s Easy to Learn; It&s Named After Monty Python; How Does Python Stack Up to Language X?; Chapter Summary; 2. How Python Runs Programs; Program Execution; Python&s View; The Python Virtual Machine (PVM); Performance implications; Development implications; Execution Model Variations; Jython; IronPython; Execution Optimization Tools
- The Shedskin C++ translatorFrozen Binaries; Future Possibilities?; Chapter Summary; 3. How You Run Programs; System Command Lines and Files; Unix Executable Scripts (#!); Clicking File Icons; The raw_input Trick; Other Icon-Click Limitations; Module Imports and Reloads; import and reload Usage Notes; The IDLE User Interface; Using IDLE; Advanced IDLE Tools; Other IDEs; Embedding Calls; Frozen Binary Executables; Text Editor Launch Options; Other Launch Options; Future Possibilities?; Which Option Should I Use?; Chapter Summary; BRAIN BUILDER; II. Types and Operations; Numbers; Strings
- ImmutabilityType-Specific Methods; Getting Help; Other Ways to Code Strings; Pattern Matching; Lists; Type-Specific Operations; Bounds Checking; Nesting; List Comprehensions; Dictionaries; Nesting Revisited; Sorting Keys: for Loops; Iteration and Optimization; Missing Keys: if Tests; Tuples; Files; Other Core Types; User-Defined Classes; And Everything Else; Chapter Summary; 5. Numbers; Built-in Numeric Tools and Extensions; Python Expression Operators; Parentheses Group Subexpressions; Mixed Types Are Converted Up; Preview: Operator Overloading; Numbers in Action; Numeric Display Formats
- Division: Classic, Floor, and TrueBitwise Operations; Long Integers; Complex Numbers; Hexadecimal and Octal Notation; Other Built-in Numeric Tools; Other Numeric Types; Sets; Booleans; Third-Party Extensions; Chapter Summary; 6. The Dynamic Typing Interlude; Types Live with Objects, Not Variables; Objects Are Garbage-Collected; Shared References; Shared References and Equality; Dynamic Typing Is Everywhere; Chapter Summary; 7. ofsmallStrings; Escape Sequences Represent Special Bytes; Raw Strings Suppress Escapes; Triple Quotes Code Multiline Block Strings
- Unicode Strings Encode Larger Character Sets
