The authoritative DEITEL™ LIVE-CODE™ introduction to Python programming
This new book by the world's leading programming language textbook authors carefully explains how to use Python as a general-purpose programming language and how to program multi-tier, client/server, database-intensive, Internet- and Web-based applications.
Dr. Harvey M. Deitel and Paul J. Deitel are the founders of Deitel & Associates, Inc., the internationally-recognized corporate-training and content-creation organization specializing in Python, Visual Basic® .NET, C#, Visual C++® .NET, Java™, C++, C, XML, Perl, Internet, Web, wireless and object technologies. The Deitels are the authors of several worldwide #1 programming-language textbooks, including Java How to Program, 4/e, C++ How to Program, 3/e and Internet & World Wide Web How to Program, 2/e.
In Python How to Program, the Deitels and their colleagues, Jonathan Liperi and Ben Wiedermann, discuss topics you need to build complete Web-based applications, including:
- HTML/XHTML™/CSS™
- Python Server Pages/CGI
- Networking/Sockets
- GUI/Tkinter/Python Mega Widgets
- PyOpenGL/Multimedia/Accessibility
- Databases/DB-API/SQL
- File Processing/Serialization
- Modules/Classes/Class Attributes
- Class Customization/Method Overriding
- Control Structures/Functions/Inheritance
- String Manipulation/Regular Expressions
- Lists/Tuples/Dictionaries/Data Structures
- Process Management/Multithreading
- Interprocess Communication
- Exceptions/XML Processing
- Security/Restricted Execution
Python How to Program includes extensive pedagogic features:
- Hundreds of LIVE-CODE™ programs with screen captures that show exact outputs
- World Wide Web and Internet resources to encourage further research
- Hundreds of tips, recommended practices and cautions—all marked with icons
For information on current and forthcoming Deitel/Prentice Hall publications including How to Program Series books, Multimedia Cyber Classrooms Complete Training Courses (which include DEITEL™ books and Cyber Classrooms) and Web-Based Training Courses please see the last few pages of this book.