Advanced Guide to Python 3 Programming

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxvi

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2. Introduction

   • John Hunt

   Pages 1-2

3. Computer Graphics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-3

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   2. Introduction to Computer Graphics

      • John Hunt

      Pages 5-11

   3. Python Turtle Graphics

      • John Hunt

      Pages 13-21

   4. Creating Computer Art

      • John Hunt

      Pages 23-33

   5. Introduction to Matplotlib

      • John Hunt

      Pages 35-42

   6. Graphing with Matplotlib pyplot

      • John Hunt

      Pages 43-65

   7. Graphical User Interfaces

      • John Hunt

      Pages 67-71

   8. The wxPython GUI Library

      • John Hunt

      Pages 73-86

   9. Events in wxPython User Interfaces

      • John Hunt

      Pages 87-98

   10. PyDraw wxPython Example Application

       • John Hunt

       Pages 99-117

4. Computer Games

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119

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   2. Introduction to Games Programming

      • John Hunt

      Pages 121-123

   3. Building Games with pygame

      • John Hunt

      Pages 125-139

   4. StarshipMeteors pygame

      • John Hunt

      Pages 141-162

5. Testing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Introduction to Testing

      • John Hunt

      Pages 165-174

   3. PyTest Testing Framework

      • John Hunt

      Pages 175-186

   4. Mocking for Testing

      • John Hunt

      Pages 187-204

Advanced Guide to Python 3 Programming delves deeply into a host of subjects that you need to understand if you are to develop sophisticated real-world programs. Each topic is preceded by an introduction followed by more advanced topics, along with numerous examples, that take you to an advanced level.

There are nine different sections within the book covering Computer Graphics
(including GUIs), Games, Testing, File Input and Output, Databases Access, Logging, Concurrency and Parallelism, Reactive programming, and Networking. Each section is self-contained and can either be read on its own or as part of the book as a whole.

This book is aimed at the those who have learnt the basics of the Python 3 language but want to delve deeper into Python’s eco system of additional libraries and modules, to explore concurrency and parallelism, to create impressive looking graphical interfaces, to work with databases and files and to provide professional logging facilities.

• Concurrent Python
• Games in Python
• Databases in Python
• Reactive Programming
• Python Graphics and Graphical User Interfaces
• Graphics
• Games
• Databases
• Logging
• Concurrency
• Networking

• Marshfield, Midmarsh Technology Ltd., Chippenham, UK

  John Hunt

John Hunt is a technology trainer, consultant, mentor and author who has 35 years experience within the computing industry. He has worked extensively in Object Oriented and Functional technologies using language from Java through C# to Scala and of course Python. John was first involved with Python while working with a FinTech company in 2010. Since then he has been involved in numerous Python projects and has worked with a number of companies helping to develop their Python skills.

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