Beginning Python 1st Edition by Peter C. Norton (PDF)

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This tutorial offers readers a thorough introduction to programming in Python 2.4, the portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines power with clear syntaxBeginning programmers will quickly learn to develop robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications for Web development, scientific applications, and system tasks for users or administratorsDiscusses the basics of installing Python as well as the new features of Python release 2.4, which make it easier for users to create scientific and Web applicationsFeatures examples of various operating systems throughout the book, including Linux, Mac OS X/BSD, and Windows XP

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Editorial Reviews: From the Back Cover Beginning Python As a portable, open source, object-oriented programming language, Python combines remarkable power with clear syntax. And, as one of the fastest growing languages, Python manages systems and can be used for data mining and Web development. With this book, you’ll learn how to program using the latest release — Python 2.4 — and create robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications.You’ll quickly see why Python is an ideal first programming language to learn, both for its ease of use and the fact that it offers interpreters for most operating system platforms. This in-depth look at Python 2.4 examines how it has become even easier for you to tell a computer what tasks you want it to do in an environment where you are in control.What you will learn from this bookMethods that can be used to quickly develop Web applications and scientific applications and to incorporate databasesHow to master system tasks on Linux,® Windows,®and Mac OS® X platformsHow to handle — and recover from — any unforeseen problemsWays in which Python prides itself on its consistency, control, and ability to cope with changeHow Python incorporates modules, exceptions, dynamic typing, and very high level dynamic types and classesWho this book is forThis book is for anyone who wants to learn how to program with Python or who wants to quickly learn how to use Python for rapid development of applications for the Web, scientific applications, bioinformatics, and applications for system tasks.Wrox Beginning guides are crafted to make learning programming languages and technologies easier than you think, providing a structured, tutorial format that will guide you through all the techniques involved. About the Author Peter Norton (NY, NY) has been working with Unix and Linux for over a decade at companies large and small solving problems with Linux. An officer of the NY Linux Users Group, he can be found on the nylug-talk mailing list. Peter coauthored Professional RHEL3. He works for a very large financial company in NYC, plying his Python and open-source skills. Alex Samuel (San Diego, CA) has developed software for biology researchers and now studies highenergy physics at Caltech. Alex has worked on many GNU/Linux development tools, including GCC, and co-founded CodeSourcery LLC, a consulting firm specializing in GNU/Linux development tools.David Aitel (NY, NY) is the CEO of Immunity and a coauthor of Shellcoder’s Handbook.Eric Foster-Johnson (Minneapolis, MN) uses Python extensively with Java, and is a veteran author, most recently completing Beginning Shell Scripting.Leonard Richardson (San Francisco, CA) writes useful Python packages with silly names.Jason Diamond (CA) Jason Diamond is a software development instructor for DevelopMentor and a consultant specializing in C++, .NET, Python, and XML. He spends most of his spare time contributing to open-source projects using his favorite language, Python.Aleathea Parker (San Francisco CA) is a programmer working as a publication engineer for a major software company, coding primarily in Python and XSLT. She has a background in web applications and content management.Michael Roberts (Puerto Rico) has been programming professionally in C, Perl, and Python for long enough that Python didn’t actually exist when he started. He is the chief perpetrator of the wftk open-source workflow toolkit, and he swears that it will someday be finished, for certain values of “finished”.

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐As you can guess from the name this is an introductory text. Check out Summerfield (Programming in Python 3) and Lutz (Learning Python) for reference texts. As an introduction the book does a good job. It is structured coherently and flows well. The writing style needs some improvement but if you can gloss over that then this book could be for you.

⭐I guess the authors of the book did not properly speculate the way most people learn programming languages, which is by going to some book and they tell you exactly what the functions or commands do and etc. The book introduces a new way of learning python using analogies to common things, which actually de-rails from the quota that authors of other works have, and frankly I like it because it’s easier to remember how things work in Python. For this book, you need to realize that this is not a book where you can waltz in and think that they’re not going to test your ability to handle python files and run them, they’re not going to say oh you run it and you should get exactly this, no you should find a way to make their codes work, otherwise you have to be a total monkey pressing buttons on your PC. In fact, this is one of the better books for python that I have seen because it doesn’t look like it was written by the jackhammers who pretend like they know how to program and actually don’t while just writing the textbook in the form a of a textbook. Also, another thing to note about this book is that if you’re smart enough, the text should invoke a sense that you should test/try out some of the stuff you learned from a previous section, this can better grasp your understanding of the subject that the authors are talking about. As for my last comment, the reason I cannot give the text a 5/5 is because there are a few examples where the codes are a little challenging to interpret how they work, they could’ve been made a little easier to understand, but the challenge is a very much worth the trouble (you’ll understand what I mean when you read the book).

⭐Based on outdated version of Python. I shouldn’t bought it.

⭐My primary compliment to “Beginning Python” is that it makes learning Python seem easy. .The book covers a lot of Python basics like strings, numbers, operators, variables. It also covers advanced topics like network programming, extending Python through C/C++, threading, GUI programming and Python with XML. In the end it discusses about the new features of Python release 2.4. Last Chapter “Integrating Java with Python” covers – scripting with java applications, Jython, integrating Java and Jython, J2EE servlets in Jython. I find it useful for both python and java programmer.Book provides exercises at the end of every chapter, which can help you for self study and better understanding of the concepts. The explanations and the code throughout the book are easy to understandI think this book would be a good choice for someone in the beginner to intermediate range. If you are a programmer (C, C++, Java, Perl) then it may be a little slow for you. A lot of time is put into syntax, control flow, and basic data structures, it can get a little difficult to digest. I thought more could have gone into topics like “Writing Shareware and Commercial programs”.I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn Python but is new to programming.

⭐It may be useful for someone learning Python as their introduction to programming. I’ve programmed in C for years. I was looking for an introductory book that would also be a good reference to the Python language. This is not it. Every time I go to the book to find something I come up empty and end up looking in the free download version of Learning Python.

⭐A choice excerpt:”The best way to start writing a class is to decide what you want it to do. For this, a Python-based modelof refrigerator behaviors, Fridge, is the first thing, and it should be basic. While you’re thinking aboutit, focus on what you will need a particular Fridge object to do for your own purposes. You wantenough behaviors available that this object can be used to make food, yet you don’t want to worry aboutaspects of real-life refrigerators that won’t be included in a simplified example, such as temperature, thefreezer, defrosting, and electricity–all of these are unnecessary details that would only complicate ourpurpose here. For now, let’s just add to the docstring for the Fridge class to define the behaviors thatyou will be building soon.”Did an editor even look at this?

⭐This book has hindered my learning of Python, not enhanced. It does cover many aspects of Python, but I have a hard time feeling like I can trust what is written in the later chapters, when the first chapters are so full of errata and typos. The explanations of the coding examples can be poor at times. It also jumps around a bit, instead of focusing on a concept and hammering it home. Also, I have reported errata to Wrox, via their website, but it has not been added to the list of known errata. Do not purchase this book. It will not serve as a decent reference and you will only end up confused when coding example after coding example only leave you scratching your head. They don’t work like the book says they will, or they only end up giving you errors when you try to execute them. In a book that is over 550 pages of text, I have found errors on pages 24, 31, 37, and 50.

⭐That is a great book for the beginners. There are plenty of examples. It is really easy to read. I would like to be updated though as I suspect some of the examples do consist of some small mistakes. Nevertheless, it helped me to understand Python and develop my skills in using this language.

⭐I have just bought a Raspberry Pi and wanted to learn Python in more depth. This book is straight forward and easy to follow

⭐Everything was fine

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