Summary:
Get a comprehensive, in-depth
introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on
book. Based on author Mark Lutz’s popular training
course, this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write
efficient, high-quality code with Python. It’s an ideal
way to begin, whether you’re new to programming or a
professional developer versed in other languages.
Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful
illustrations, this easy-to-follow, self-paced tutorial gets
you started with both Python 2.7 and 3.3— the latest
releases in the 3.X and 2.X lines—plus all other releases
in common use today. You’ll also learn some advanced
language features that recently have become more common in
Python code.
Explore Python’s major built-in object types such
as numbers, lists, and dictionaries
Create and process objects with Python statements, and
learn Python’s general syntax model
Use functions to avoid code redundancy and package code
for reuse
Organize statements, functions, and other tools into
larger components with modules
Dive into classes: Python’s object-oriented
programming tool for structuring code
Write large programs with Python’s
exception-handling model and development tools
Learn advanced Python tools, including decorators,
descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing