Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional Fourth Edition

Gain a fundamental understanding of Python's syntax and features with this revised introductory and practical reference. Covering a wide array of Python–related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services, you'll be guided by sound development principles.

Updated to reflect the latest in Python programming paradigms and several of the most crucial features found in Python 3, Beginning Python, Fourth Edition also covers advanced topics such as extending Python and packaging/distributing Python applications. Ten accompanying projects will ensure you can get your hands dirty in no time.

You will:

• Become a proficient Python programmer by following along with a friendly, practical guide to the language's key features
• Write code faster by learning how to take advantage of advanced features such as magic methods, exceptions, and abstraction
• Gain insight into modern Python programming paradigms including testing, documentation, packaging, and distribution
• Work through several interesting projects, including a P2P file–sharing application, chat client, video game, remote text editor, and more

Who This Book Is For

Programmers, novice and otherwise, seeking a comprehensive introduction to the Python programming language.

About the Author

Magnus Lie Hetland is an experienced Python programmer, having used the language since the late 1990s. He is also an associate professor of algorithms at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, having taught algorithms for the better part of a decade. Hetland is the author of Practical Python and Beginning Python, first and second editions, as well as several scientific papers.

Fabio Nelli is an IT Scientific Application Specialist at IRBM Science Park, a private research center in Pomezia, Roma, Italy. He has been a computer consultant for many years at IBM, EDS, Merck Sharp, and Dohme, along with several banks and insurance companies. He has an Organic Chemistry degree and many years of experience in Information technologies and Automation systems applied to Life Sciences (Tech Specialist at Beckman Coulter Italy and Spain). He is currently developing Java applications that interface Oracle databases with scientific instrumentation generating data and web server applications providing analysis of the results to researchers in real time.