A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-11

3. Setting Up the Python Environment

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   Pages 13-22

4. A First Python Program

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   Pages 23-31

5. Python Strings

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   Pages 33-49

6. Numbers, Booleans and None

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   Pages 51-64

7. Flow of Control Using If Statements

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   Pages 65-73

8. Iteration/Looping

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   Pages 75-85

9. Number Guessing Game

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   Pages 87-97

10. Recursion

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    Pages 99-106

11. Introduction to Structured Analysis

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    Pages 107-116

12. Functions in Python

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    Pages 117-131

13. Scope and Lifetime of Variables

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    Pages 133-138

14. Implementing a Calculator Using Functions

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    Pages 139-148

15. Introduction to Functional Programming

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    Pages 149-155

16. Higher Order Functions

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    Pages 157-166

17. Curried Functions

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    Pages 167-173

18. Introduction to Object Orientation

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    Pages 175-188

19. Python Classes

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    Pages 189-204

20. Class Side and Static Behaviour

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    Pages 205-209

This textbook on Python 3 explains concepts such as variables and what they represent, how data is held in memory, how a for loop works and what a string is. It also introduces key concepts such as functions, modules and packages as well as object orientation and functional programming. Each section is prefaced with an introductory chapter, before continuing with how these ideas work in Python.

Topics such as generators and coroutines are often misunderstood and these are explained in detail, whilst topics such as Referential Transparency, multiple inheritance and exception handling are presented using examples.

A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming provides all you need to know about Python, with numerous examples provided throughout including several larger worked case studies illustrating the ideas presented in the previous chapters.

• Introductory Python
• Object Oriented Programming
• Functional Programming
• Concurrency
• Databases

“This comprehensive, well-written book covers the programming language Python in great depth … . It is better suited for those with previous programming experience and an awareness of programming paradigms and concepts.” (Michael Oudshoorn, Computing Reviews, August 5, 2021)

• 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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