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Portable, powerful, and a breeze to use, Python is the popular open source object oriented programming language used for both standalone programs and scripting applications Python is considered easy to learn, but there s no quicker way to mastery of the language than learning from an expert teacher This edition of Learning Python puts you in the hands of two expert teachers, Mark Lutz and David Ascher, whose friendly, well structured prose has guided many a programmer to proficiency with the language Learning Python, Second Edition, offers programmers a comprehensive learning tool for Python and object oriented programming Thoroughly updated for the numerous language and class presentation changes that have taken place since the release of the first edition in 1999, this guide introduces the basic elements of the latest release of Python 2.3 and covers new features, such as list comprehensions, nested scopes, and iterators generators Beyond language features, this edition of Learning Python also includes new context for less experienced programmers, including fresh overviews of object oriented programming and dynamic typing, new discussions of program launch and configuration options, new coverage of documentation sources, and There are also new use cases throughout to make the application of language features concrete The first part of Learning Python gives programmers all the information they ll need to understand and construct programs in the Python language, including types, operators, statements, classes, functions, modules and exceptions The authors then present advanced material, showing how Python performs common tasks by offering real applications and the libraries available for those applications Each chapter ends with a series of exercises that will test your Python skills and measure your understanding Learning Python, Second Edition is a self paced book that allows readers to focus on the core Python language in depth As you work through the book, you ll gain a deep and complete understanding of the Python language that will help you to understand the larger application level examples that you ll encounter on your own If you re interested in learning Python and want to do so quickly and efficiently then Learning Python, Second Edition is your best choice. Best Download [ Learning Python ] By [ Mark Lutz ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr OK, this is a computer programming textbook, not typically one would review, however there are several good reasons to read this book 1 At the very top of the front cover, it has the words Powerful Object Oriented Programming, which leads to my new favorite CS acronym.2 The computer language is called Python, yet there s a rat on the cover Now that...Teaching valuable things in the most boring way.It s best to learn coding interactively, I preferred the Learn Python The Hard Way by Zed Shaw method better.Despite all that it s been written by Mark Lutz a pioneering figure in the Python community, this book was a must read for any Python hacker.The book does not assume you know programming or oop its very clear and you can learn allot with it.The only problem its that for you to know all the python stuff not talking about becoming a guru you will need to read the e...I m disappointed with the start of this book very slow at getting to the actual python, and poorly tries tries to set a backgroung knowlegde for the reader in a shallow and rushed method.I was not pleased to read a comment that Mark Lutz lacks the funding and resources to complete his code testing against serveral OS s, including the free Linux and seems to focus purely on ...Still reading, up to the end of the debugging chapter Here are some thoughts Very complete Very repetitive Not good for learners This should be read for deeper knowledge once the basics of the language are understood I d never recommend this to someone as the book to use for learning Python or learning to program Very repetitive Too many forward references Very repetitive Far too few exercises Lots of small examples are given, as well as several questions at the end of each cha Still reading, up to the end of the debugging chapter Here are some thoughts Very complete Very repetitive Not good for learners This should be read for deeper knowledge once the basics of ...At the beginning of this year, I ve set several new goals One of them is to improve my programming skills On a side note, I believe that this book gonna be the longest one I will read this year 1,600 pages Let s hope that I will finish it using this book as a guide before 2019 will come lolComprehensive.Oh, yes.Comprehensive.Clocking in at 2109 pages, this book beats A Suitable Boy as the largest tome I have ever lifted that was not a reference compendium like an encyclopaedia or dictionary No oxen were stunned in this exercise, largely because I would be unable to lift it over my head to strike a killing blow Actually, since it was an e book, it may have been able to stun an electric sheep, but was not quite the wrist breaker I make it out to be, but my GOD what a slog it was Comprehensive.Oh, ye...This is a great book, however there are many things I didn t like about this book including Too much introduction Very less exercises I have been used to reading books like C Programming Language Brian W Kernighan., The C Programming Language Bjarne Stroustrup, etc So I like Books which show how to do things other way around..But this is not the case with Learning PythonYet Another Suggestion could beA suggested route to learn python would be through reading the offic This is a great book, however there are many things I didn t like about this book including Too much introduction Very less exercises I have been used to reading books like C Programming Language Brian W Kernighan., The C Programming Language Bjarne Stroustrup, etc So I like Books which show how to do things other way around...A fantastic book for learning to program in Python or learning to program in general It s lengthy, and somewhat repetitive, which helps to reenforce earlier concepts.I ve been working with python for a couple years, and this book goes through the details in an orderly fashion Really fills in the gaps.

Learning Python
  • English
  • 27 September 2018
  • Paperback
  • 1214 pages
  • 0596002815
  • Mark Lutz
  • Learning Python