Think Python/
Allen B. Downey.
- Sebastopol, CA : O'Reilly, 2012.
- xviii,277p. : ill. ; 24cm.
Includes index. "How to think like a computer scientist"--Cover.
1. The Way of the Program. The Python Programming Language What Is a Program? What Is Debugging? Syntax Errors Runtime Errors Semantic Errors Experimental Debugging Formal and Natural Languages The First Program Debugging Glossary Exercises 2. Variables, Expressions, and Statements. Values and Types Variables Variable Names and Keywords Operators and Operands Expressions and Statements Interactive Mode and Script Mode Order of Operations String Operations Comments Debugging Glossary 3. Functions. Function Calls Type Conversion Functions Math Functions Composition Adding New Functions Definitions and Uses Flow of Execution Parameters and Arguments Variables and Parameters Are Local Stack Diagrams Fruitful Functions and Void Functions Why Functions? Importing with from Debugging Glossary Exercises 4. Case Study: Interface Design TurtleWorld Simple Repetition Exercises Encapsulation Generalization Interface Design Refactoring A Development Plan Docstring Debugging Glossary Exercises 5. Conditionals and Recursion. Modulus Operator Boolean Expressions Logical Operators Conditional Execution Alternative Execution Chained Conditionals Nested Conditionals Table of Contents Recursion Stack Diagrams for Recursive Functions Infinite Recursion Keyboard Input Debugging Glossary Exercises 6. Fruitful Functions Return Values Incremental Development Composition Boolean Functions More Recursion Leap of Faith One More Example Checking Types Debugging Glossary Exercises 7. Iteration. Multiple Assignment Updating Variables The while Statement break Square Roots Algorithms Debugging Glossary Exercises 8. Strings.. A String Is a Sequence len Traversal with a for Loop String Slices Strings Are Immutable Searching Looping and Counting String Methods The in Operator String Comparison Debugging Glossary Exercises 9. Case Study: Word Play. Reading Word Lists Exercises Search Looping with Indices Debugging Glossary Exercises 10. Lists. A List Is a Sequence Lists Are Mutable Traversing a List List Operations List Slices List Methods Map, Filter, and Reduce Deleting Elements Lists and Strings Objects and Values Aliasing List Arguments Debugging Glossary Exercises 11. Dictionaries. Dictionary as a Set of Counters Looping and Dictionaries Reverse Lookup Dictionaries and Lists Memos Global Variables Long Integers Debugging Glossary 12. Tuples. Tuples Are Immutable Tuple Assignment Tuples as Return Values Variable-Length Argument Tuples Lists and Tuples Dictionaries and Tuples Comparing Tuples Sequences of Sequences Debugging Glossary Exercises 13. Case Study: Data Structure Selection. Word Frequency Analysis Random Numbers Word Histogram Most Common Words Optional Parameters Dictionary Subtraction Random Words Markov Analysis Data Structures Debugging Glossary , Exercises 14. Files. Persistence Reading and Writing Format Operator Filenames and Paths Catching Exceptions Databases Pickling Pipes Writing Modules Debugging Glossary 15. Classes and Objects. User-Defined Types Attributes Rectangles Instances as Return Values . Objects Are Mutable Copying Debugging Glossary Exercises 16. Classes and Functions Time Pure Functions Modifiers Prototyping Versus Planning Debugging Glossary Exercises 17. Classes and Methods. Object-Oriented Features Printing Objects Another Example A More Complicated Example The init Method The str Method Operator Overloading Type-Based Dispatch Polymorphism Debugging Interface and Implementation Glossary Exercises 18. Inheritance. Card Objects Class Attributes Comparing Cards Decks Printing the Deck Add, Remove, Shuffle, and Sort Inheritance Class Diagrams Debugging Data Encapsulation Glossary Exercises 19. Case Study: Tkinter. GUI Buttons and Callbacks Canvas Widgets Coordinate Sequences More Widgets Packing Widgets Menus and Callables Binding Debugging Glossary Exercises
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