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About the Book
The second edition of Python 101 is completely rewritten from the ground up. In this book, you will learn the Python programming language and lots more.
This book is split up into four sections:
- The Python Language
- Intermediate Topics
- Creating Sample Applications
- Distributing Your Code
Following is how it will break down in more detail:
Part I - The Python Language
- 01 - Installation
- 02 - Python editors
- 03 - Python style guide / comment rules
- 04 - Integers and floats
- 05 - Lists
- 06 - Tuples
- 07 - Dictionaries
- 08 - Sets
- 09 - Strings
- 10 - Boolean
- 11 - Conditional statements
- 12 - Loops
- 13 - Comprehensions
- 14 - Exception Handling
- 15 - Files
- 16 - Imports
- 17 - Functions
- 18 - Classes
In Part 2 - Intermediate Topics, you will then learn about some intermediate topics, such as:
- Introspection
- Pip
- Python virtual environments
- Threading
- Multiprocessing
- Debugging
- Decorators
- Profiling
- Testing
- Version Control (git)
In Part 3 - Creating Sample Applications, you will learn how to write sample applications:
- How to create a command line application (argparse)
- How to parse XML
- How to parse JSON
- How to Scrape a website
- How to Work with CSV files
- How to work with a database (sqlite)
- How to Create an Excel document
- How to Generate a PDF
Finally in Part 4 you will learn how distribute your code as an executable and as source.
About the Author
Michael has been programming with Python since 2006. He is the author of the popular Python blog, The Mouse Vs. the Python. Michael has been a technical reviewer for Packt Publishing and No Starch Press. He is also a contributor on Real Python.
He also co-authored The Essential Core Python Cheat Sheet for DZone.
Michael released his first book, Python 101, June 3rd, 2014. He wrote the follow up, Python 201: Intermediate Python and published it in the summer of 2016. He is also the author of wxPython Cookbook from Apress as well as Python Interviews from Packt Publishing.
Michael is currently working on some new books as well.