Python for teenagers : learn to program like a superhero! /: learn to program like a superhero!. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James R. Payne.
• Authors: Payne, James R
• Contents: Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Introduction to Computer Programming and Python; Programming Language Overview; Python Overview; How Does Python Differ from Other Programming Languages?; The Benefits of Python; Examples of Python in the Wild; Your First Python Program; Installing Python; Installing Python on Windows; Installing Python on Other Operating Systems; In This Episode!; Chapter 2: It All Adds Up; Operator Precedence; Data Types: Know Your Enemy; Converting Number Data Types; What Are Variables? Super Hero Generator 3000In This Episode!; Chapter 3: String Things Along; Leave Your Comments at the Door; Block Commenting; Inline Commenting; Other Uses for Commenting; Texting - Without Your Phone; Working with Strings and Variables; Longer Strings; Strings on Multiple Lines; Formatting Strings; Introducing a New Weapon to Your Arsenal: Lists; Changing Lists; Other List Methods; In This Episode!; Chapter 4: Making Decisions; Making Decisions; Conditional Statements; Behold - The If Statement!; Boolean Logic and Comparison Operators; Else Statements; Else If Statements; Logical Operators Nesting - Not Just for the BirdsIn This Episode!; Chapter 5: Loops and Logic; What Are Loops?; Limiting Loops; For Loops; More Fun with For Loops; Break, Continue, and Pass Statements; In This Episode!; Chapter 6: Using What We've Learned; Creating Your First Real Program; Importing Modules; Creating Our Variables; Defining Our Lists; Introductory Text and Accepting Input from the User; Creating Suspense!; Randomizing Super Hero Names; A Quick Check-in; Randomizing the Super Powers; Finishing Our Program; The superHeroGenerator3000 Code - Completed! Chapter 7: Saving Time with Functions, Modules, and Built-insDefining Modules; Built-ins; Packages; Creating Your Own Module; Common Built-in Functions; String Functions; Number Functions; Practice Your New Functions; String Function Examples; Number Function Examples; In This Episode!; Chapter 8: Using Classes and Objects; What Is OOP?; What Are Classes (And Will I Be Graded?); What Are Objects; Creating Our First Class; Creating Our First Object; Improving the Super Hero Generator 3000!; Inheritance, Subclasses, and More!; Adding the Bells and Whistles The New and Improved Super Hero Generator 3000 Code!In This Episode!; Chapter 9: Introducing Other Data Structures; More Data Structures; What Are Tuples?; The Tuple Functions; More Fun with Tuples; Tuple Examples; Working with Dictionaries; Dictionary Methods; More Fun with Dictionaries; Other Dictionary Methods; Example Dictionary Code; In This Episode!; Chapter 10: Python Files; Working with Files in Python; File Types; Creating a Text File in Python Code; Reading Files in Python; Using readline() and readlines(); A Warning About Reading and Writing to Files; Appending to Files
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Apress
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 005.13/3; Python (Computer program language); COMPUTERS / Programming Languages / Python; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781484245507; 1484245504
• Related ISBNs: 9781484245491
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 9, 2019).
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