Yue Zhang 
An Introduction to Python and Computer Programming [PDF ebook] 

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This book introduces Python programming language and fundamental concepts in algorithms and computing. Its target audience includes students and engineers with little or no background in programming, who need to master a practical programming language and learn the basic thinking in computer science/programming. The main contents come from lecture notes for engineering students from all disciplines, and has received high ratings. Its materials and ordering have been adjusted repeatedly according to classroom reception. Compared to alternative textbooks in the market, this book introduces the underlying Python implementation of number, string, list, tuple, dict, function, class, instance and module objects in a consistent and easy-to-understand way, making assignment, function definition, function call, mutability and binding environments understandable inside-out. By giving the abstraction of implementation mechanisms, this book builds a solid understanding of the Python programming language.

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Table of Content

An introduction to Python and computer programming.- Using Python as a Calculator.- The First Python Program.- Branching and Looping.- Problem solving using branches and loops.- Functions.- Lists and mutability.- Sequences, Mappings and Sets.- Problem solving using lists and functions.- Classes.- Summary.

About the author

Dr. Yue Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Singapore University of Technology and Design. Before joining SUTD in 2012, he worked as a postdoctoral research assistant at University of Cambridge. Yue Zhang received his DPhil and MSSc degrees from University of Oxford and his BEng degree from Tsinghua University, China. Yue Zhang has been class tutors of programming languages at Oxford and Cambridge and has been teaching and leading computer science courses at SUTD.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 295 ● ISBN 9789812876096 ● File size 4.8 MB ● Publisher Springer Singapore ● City Singapore ● Country SG ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 4423242 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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