Begin to Code with Python, 1st edition

Published by Microsoft Press (November 21, 2017) © 2018

  • Rob Miles
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Easy, friendly, and you’re in control! Learn how to…

  • Get, install, and use powerful free tools to create modern Python programs
  • Learn key concepts from 170 sample programs, and use them to jumpstart your own
  • Discover exactly what happens when a program runs
  • Approach program development with a professional perspective
  • Learn the core elements of the Python language
  • Build more complex software with classes, methods, and objects
  • Organize programs so they’re easy to build and improve
  • Capture and respond to user input
  • Store and manipulate many types of real-world data
  • Define custom data types to solve specific problems
  • Create interactive games that are fun to play
  • Build modern web and cloud-based applications
  • Use pre-built libraries to quickly create powerful software 

Part 1: Programming fundamentals

Chapter 1 Starting with Python

Chapter 2 Python and Programming

Chapter 3 Python program structure

Chapter 4 Working with variables

Chapter 5 Making decisions in programs

Chapter 6 Repeating actions with loops

Chapter 7 Using functions to simplify programs

Chapter 8 Storing collections of data

Part 2: Advanced programming

Chapter 9 Use classes to store data

Chapter 10 Use classes to create active objects

Chapter 11 Object-based solution design

Chapter 12 Python applications

Part 3: Useful Python (Digital-only)

Chapter 13 Python and Graphical User Interfaces

Chapter 14 Python programs as network clients

Chapter 15 Python programs as network servers

Chapter 16 Create games with pygame

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