فهرست مطالب

• Preface
• Part I: Getting Started
• Chapter 1: A Python Q&A Session
• Why Do People Use Python?
• Is Python a “Scripting Language”?
• OK, but What’s the Downside?
• Who Uses Python Today?
• What Can I Do with Python?
• What Are Python’s Technical Strengths?
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 2: How Python Runs Programs
• Introducing the Python Interpreter
• Program Execution
• Execution-Model Variations
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 3: How You Run Programs
• Installing Python
• Interactive Code
• Program Files
• Other Ways to Run Files
• Which Option Should I Use?
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Test Your Knowledge: Part I Exercises
• Part II: Objects and Operations
• Chapter 4: Introducing Python Objects
• The Python Conceptual Hierarchy
• Why Use Built-in Objects?
• Python’s Core Object Types
• Numbers
• Strings
• Lists
• Dictionaries
• Tuples
• Files
• Other Object Types
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 5: Numbers and Expressions
• Numeric Object Basics
• Python Expression Operators
• Numbers in Action
• Other Numeric Objects
• Numeric Extensions
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 6: The Dynamic Typing Interlude
• The Case of the Missing Declaration Statements
• Shared References
• Dynamic Typing Is Everywhere
• Type Hinting: Optional, Unused, and Why?
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 7: String Fundamentals
• String Object Basics
• String Literals
• Strings in Action
• String Methods
• String Formatting: The Triathlon
• General Type Categories
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 8: Lists and Dictionaries
• Lists
• Lists in Action
• Dictionaries
• Dictionaries in Action
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 9: Tuples, Files, and Everything Else
• Tuples
• Files
• Core Types Review and Summary
• Other Types in Python
• Built-in Type Gotchas
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Test Your Knowledge: Part II Exercises
• Part III: Statements and Syntax
• Chapter 10: Introducing Python Statements
• The Python Conceptual Hierarchy Revisited
• Python’s Statements
• A Tale of Two ifs
• A Quick Example: Interactive Loops
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 11: Assignments, Expressions, and Prints
• Assignments
• Expression Statements
• Print Operations
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 12: if and match Selections
• if Statements
• match Statements
• Python Syntax Revisited
• Truth Values Revisited
• The if/else Ternary Expression
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 13: while and for Loops
• while Loops
• break, continue, pass, and the Loop else
• for Loops
• Loop Coding Techniques
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 14: Iterations and Comprehensions
• Iterations
• Comprehensions
• Iteration Tools
• Other Iteration Topics
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Chapter 15: The Documentation Interlude
• Python Documentation Sources
• Common Coding Gotchas
• Chapter Summary
• Test Your Knowledge: Quiz
• Test Your Knowledge: Answers
• Test Your Knowledge: Part III Exercises
• Part IV: Functions and Generators
• Chapter 16: Function Basics
• Chapter 17: Scopes
• Chapter 18: Arguments
• Chapter 19: Function Odds and Ends
• Chapter 20: Comprehensions and Generations
• Chapter 21: The Benchmarking Interlude
• Part V: Modules and Packages
• Chapter 22: Modules: The Big Picture
• Chapter 23: Module Coding Basics
• Chapter 24: Module Packages
• Chapter 25: Module Odds and Ends
• Part VI: Classes and OOP
• Chapter 26: OOP: The Big Picture
• Chapter 27: Class Coding Basics
• Chapter 28: A More Realistic Example
• Chapter 29: Class Coding Details
• Chapter 30: Operator Overloading
• Chapter 31: Designing with Classes
• Chapter 32: Class Odds and Ends
• Part VII: Exceptions
• Chapter 33: Exception Basics
• Chapter 34: Exception Coding Details
• Chapter 35: Exception Objects
• Chapter 36: Exception Odds and Ends
• Part VIII: Advanced Topics
• Chapter 37: Unicode and Byte Strings
• Chapter 38: Managed Attributes
• Chapter 39: Decorators
• Chapter 40: Metaclasses and Inheritance
• Chapter 41: All Good Things
• Part IX: Appendixes
• Appendix A: Platform Usage Tips
• Appendix B: Solutions to End-of-Part Exercises
• Index
• About the Author