Python for everybody : exploring data using Python 3 / Charles R. Severance.
By: Severance, Charles R [author.].
Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Charles Severance, 2016Edition: First complete Python 3.0 version.Description: xii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781530051120; 1530051126.Other title: Exploring data using Python 3.Subject(s): Python (Computer program language) | Python (Computer program language) | Python 3.0Genre/Form: Instructional and educational works. | Instructional and educational works.LOC classification: QA76.73.P98 | S48 2016Online resources: Click here to access online | Course materials| Item type | Current location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License"--Title page verso.
Includes index.
Also available online.
"Designed to teach people to program even if they have no prior experience. ... Designed to introduce students to programming and software development through the lens of exploring data. You can think of the Python programming language as your tool to solve data problems that are beyond the capability of a spreadsheet. Python is an easy to use and easy to learn programming language that is freely available on Macintosh, Windows, or Linux computers"--Back cover.
Why should you learn to write programs? -- Variables, expressions, and statements -- Conditional execution -- Functions -- Iteration -- Strings -- Files -- Lists -- Dictionaries -- Tuples -- Regular expressions -- Networked programs -- Using web services -- Object-oriented programming -- Using databases and SQL -- Visualizing data.