Starting Out with Python [With CDROM]

In Starting Out with Python^®, Tony Gaddis’ evenly paced, accessible coverage introduces readers to the basics of programming and prepares them to transition into more complicated languages. Python, an easy-to-learn and increasingly popular object-oriented language, allows readers to become comfortable with the fundamentals of programming without the troublesome syntax that can be challenging for novices. With the knowledge acquired using Python, readers gain confidence in their skills and learn to recognize the logic behind developing high-quality programs.

Programming Fundamentals: Introduction to Computers and Programming; Input, Processing, and Output; Simple Functions; Decision Structures and Boolean Logic; Repetition Structures; Value-Returning Functions and Modules. Using Objects to Perform Tasks: Files and Exceptions; Working with Strings, Lists, and Dictionaries. Object-Oriented Programming: Classes and Object-Oriented Programming; Inheritance. Advanced Topics: Recursion; GUI Programming.

For all readers interested in introductory programming.

Tony Gaddis is the author of the Starting Out with series including Starting Out with Alice, C++, Java™, Visual Basic^® 2008, Programming Logic & Design, and Python^®. Visit the Gaddis Books website for more information on Gaddis’ titles. Gaddis teaches computer science courses at Haywood Community College in North Carolina. He previously taught programming for several corporations and government agencies, including NASA's Kennedy Space Center. Gaddis is a highly acclaimed instructor who was selected as the North Carolina Community College "Teacher of the Year" in 1994, and who received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development in 1997.