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