An introduction to python and computer programming /

Zhang, Yue.

An introduction to python and computer programming / Yue Zhang. - x, 295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. - Lecture notes in electrical engineering, volume 353 1876-1100 ; . - Lecture notes in electrical engineering ; v. 353. .

An introduction to Python and computer programming -- Using Python as a Calculator -- The First Python Program -- Branching and Looping -- Problem solving using branches and loops -- Functions -- Lists and mutability -- Sequences, Mappings and Sets -- Problem solving using lists and functions -- Classes -- Summary.

This book introduces Python programming language and fundamental concepts in algorithms and computing. Its target audience includes students and engineers with little or no background in programming, who need to master a practical programming language and learn the basic thinking in computer science/programming. The main contents come from lecture notes for engineering students from all disciplines, and has received high ratings. Its materials and ordering have been adjusted repeatedly according to classroom reception. Compared to alternative textbooks in the market, this book introduces the underlying Python implementation of number, string, list, tuple, dict, function, class, instance and module objects in a consistent and easy-to-understand way, making assignment, function definition, function call, mutability and binding environments understandable inside-out. By giving the abstraction of implementation mechanisms, this book builds a solid understanding of the Python programming language.

9789811012433

10.1007/978-981-287-609-6 doi

2019750548


Python (Computer program language)
Programming languages (Electronic computers)

005.133 ZH.I 2015