Beginning Python (eBook)

Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1

James Payne (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 1. Auflage
624 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-62664-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Beginning Python: Using Python 2.6 and Python 3.1 introduces this open source, portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language that combines remarkable power with clear syntax. This book enables you to quickly create robust, reliable, and reusable Python applications by teaching the basics so you can quickly develop Web and scientific applications, incorporate databases, and master systems tasks on various operating systems, including Linux, MAC OS, and Windows. You'll get a comprehensive tutorial that guides you from writing simple, basic Python scripts all the way through complex concepts, and also features a reference of the standard modules with examples illustrating how to implement features in the various modules. Plus, the book covers using Python in specific program development domains, such as XML, databases, scientific applications, network programming, and Web development.

Autor

James Payne is Editor in Chief of www.developershed.com, a network of high-technology sites that serves millions of unique visitors every month who are seeking tutorials, advice, answers, or articles.

Inhalt

Introduction xxvii

Part I: Dipping Your Toe into Python 1

Chapter 1: Programming Basics and Strings 3

Chapter 2: Numbers and Operators 15

Chapter 3: Variables -- Names for Values 31

Part II: Python Language and the Standard Library 49

Chapter 4: Making Decisions 51

Chapter 5: Functions 71

Chapter 6: Classes and Objects 93

Chapter 7: Organizing Programs 111

Chapter 8: Files and Directories 127

Chapter 9: Other Features of the Language 143

Chapter 10: Building a Module 157

Chapter 11: Text Processing 189

Part III: Putting Python to Work 205

Chapter 12: Testing 207

Chapter 13: Writing a GUI with Python 227

Chapter 14: Accessing Databases 239

Chapter 15: Using Python for XML 265

Chapter 16: Network Programming 287

Chapter 17: Extension Programming with C 337

Chapter 18: Numerical Programming 367

Chapter 19: An Introduction to Django 387

Chapter 20: Web Applications and Web Services 407

Chapter 21: Integrating Java with Python 481

Part IV: Appendices 513

Appendix A: Answers to the Exercises 515

Appendix B: Online Resources 549

Appendix C: What's New in Python 3.1 553

Appendix D: Glossary 559

Index 569

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.2.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Programmiersprachen / -werkzeuge ► Python
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Software Entwicklung
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Schlagworte: Computer Science • Informatik • Programmierung u. Software-Entwicklung • Programming & Software Development • Python (Programmiersprache)
• ISBN-10: 0-470-62664-X / 047062664X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62664-1 / 9780470626641