Starting Out with Python, Global Edition

Tony Gaddis is the principal author of the Starting Out With series oftext books. Tony has two decades of experience teaching computer science courses, primarily at Haywood Community College. He is a highly acclaimed instructor who was previously selected as the North Carolina Community College“ Teacher of the Year” and has received the Teaching Excellence award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development. The Starting Out With series includes introductory books covering C++, JavaTM, Microsoft® Visual Basic®, Microsoft® C#®, Python®, Programming Logic and Design, Alice, and App Inventor, all published by Pearson.

• 1.      Introduction to Computers and Programming 2.      Input,Processing, and Output 3.      Decision Structures and Boolean Logic 4.      Repetition Structures 5.      Functions 6.      Files and Exceptions 7.      Lists and Tuples 8.      More About Strings 9.      Dictionaries and Sets 10. Classes and Object-Oriented Programming 11. Inheritance 12. Recursion 13. GUI Programming 14. Database Programming Appendix A: Installing Python Appendix B: Introductionto IDLE Appendix C: The ASCII Character Set Appendix D: Predefined Named Colors Appendix E: More About the import Statement Appendix F: Formatting Numeric Output with the format() Function Appendix G: Installing Modules with the pip Utility Appendix H: Answers toCheckpoints Index Credits