Overview
- Includes ten projects to provide hands-on learning
- Updated for Python 3
- Covers language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services
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About this book
Gain a fundamental understanding of Python’s syntax and features with this revised introductory and practical reference. Covering a wide array of Python–related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services, you’ll be guided by sound development principles.
Updated to reflect the latest in Python programming paradigms and several of the most crucial features found in Python 3, Beginning Python, Fourth Edition also covers advanced topics such as extending Python and packaging/distributing Python applications. Ten accompanying projects will ensure you can get your hands dirty in no time.
What You'll Learn
- Become a proficient Python programmer by following along with a friendly, practical guide to the language’s key features
- Write code faster by learning how to take advantage of advanced features such as magic methods, exceptions, and abstraction
- Gain insight into modern Python programming paradigms including testing, documentation, packaging, and distribution
- Work through several interesting projects, including a P2P file–sharing application, chat client, video game, remote text editor, and more
Programmers, novice and otherwise, seeking a comprehensive introduction to the Python programming language.
Keywords
- Python 3
- database integration
- Python language internals
- network programming
- Open source
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Fabio Nelli is an IT Scientific Application Specialist at IRBM Science Park, a private research center in Pomezia, Roma, Italy. He has been a computer consultant for many years at IBM, EDS, Merck Sharp, and Dohme, along with several banks and insurance companies. He has an Organic Chemistry degree and many years of experience in Information technologies and Automation systems applied to Life Sciences (Tech Specialist at Beckman Coulter Italy and Spain). He is currently developing Java applications that interface Oracle databases with scientific instrumentation generating data and web server applications providing analysis of the results to researchers in real time.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Beginning Python
Book Subtitle: From Novice to Professional
Authors: Magnus Lie Hetland, Fabio Nelli
Publisher: Apress Berkeley, CA
eBook Packages: Professional and Applied Computing, Apress Access Books, Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Copyright Information: Magnus Lie Hetland and Fabio Nelli 2024
Softcover ISBN: 979-8-8688-0195-2Due: 16 July 2024
eBook ISBN: 979-8-8688-0196-9Due: 16 July 2024
Edition Number: 4
Number of Pages: XII, 600
Number of Illustrations: 33 b/w illustrations, 148 illustrations in colour