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Lean Python: Learn Just Enough Python to Build Useful Tools

  • Length: 91 pages
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher:
  • Publication Date: 2016-12-10
  • ISBN-10: 1484223845
  • ISBN-13: 9781484223840
  • Sales Rank: #3606307 (See Top 100 Books)
Description

Learn only the essential aspects of Python without cluttering up your mind with features you may never use. This compact book is not a “best way to write code” type of book; rather, the author goes over his most-used functions, which are all you need to know as a beginner and some way beyond.

Lean Python takes 58 Python methods and functions and whittles them down to 15: as author Paul Gerrard says, “I haven’t found a need for the rest.”

What You’ll Learn

  • Discover lean Python and how to learn just enough to build useful tools
  • Use Python objects, program structure, I/O, modules and more
  • Handle errors and exceptions
  • Test your code
  • Access the Web; do searching; and persist data

Who This Book Is For

This book is aimed at three categories of reader: The experienced programmer – if you already know a programming language, this book gives you a shortcut to understanding the Python language and some of its design philosophy.

You work in IT and need a programming primer – you might be a tester who needs to have more informed technical discussions with programmers. Working through the examples will help you to appreciate the challenge of good programming.

First-timer – you want a first book on programming that you can assimilate quickly to help you decide whether programming is for you.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Python Objects
Chapter 3: Program Structure
Chapter 4: Input and Output
Chapter 5: Using Modules
Chapter 6: Object Orientation1
Chapter 7: Exception and Error Handling
Chapter 8: Testing Your Code
Chapter 9: Accessing the Web1
Chapter 10: Searching
Chapter 11: Databases1
Chapter 12: What Next?
Appendix: Further Information

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