Python How to Program

An exciting addition to the How to Program series, Python How to
Program provides a comprehensive introduction to this powerful object-oriented
programming language, which has clear syntax and the ability to bring together
several technologies quickly and easily. Python How to Program covers
introductory programming techniques as well as more advanced topics such as
graphical user interfaces, databases, wireless Internet programming, networking
and multimedia. Students will learn principles that are applicable to both systems
development and Web programming.

Features

• Signature “Live-Code™ Approach” —Language
  features are presented in the context of a wide variety of complete working
  programs. Features thousands of lines of code in hundreds of complete working
  programs.




• Enables students to confirm that programs run as expected. Students can
  also manipulate the code from the CD-ROM in the back of the book or from
  the book's Companion Website (www.prenhall.com/deitel) and the authors'
  website (www.deitel.com).




• Outstanding, consistent and applied pedagogy—Icons throughout
  identify Software Engineering Observations; Good Programming Practices; Common
  Programming Errors; Portability Tips; Performance Tips, Testing and Debugging
  Tips, and Look-and-Feel Observations.





• Provides hundreds of valuable programming tips and facilitates learning.
  




• Extensive set of interesting exercises and substantial projects.
  




• Students can apply what they've learned in each chapter.




• Extensive case studies.





• Illustrates the more complex real-world examples.




• Four-way syntax coloring with the use of two colors and shading.
  




• Helps students better understand the book's hundreds of programs.




• CD-ROM with each text.





• Includes source code, hyperlinks to valuable Python demos and resources,
  and additional Python development tools (for an up-to-date list of resources
  on the CD, visit www.prenhall.com or www.deitel.com).




• Full chapter on Web accessibility for people with disabilities.
  




• Discusses the methods that the World Wide Web Consortium provides in
  its Web Accessibility Initiative for making a Web site accessible to people
  with disabilities.




• Also available with the Multimedia Cyber Classroom in The
  Complete Python Training Course, Student Edition (CD-ROM version: 0-13-067376-5;
  Web-based version: 0-13-067381-1).





• Provides extra hands-on experience and study aids for a minimal additional
  cost. Includes many hours of detailed, expert audio walkthroughs of the
  book's hundreds of live-code examples; post-assessment exams with hundreds
  of short-answer questions (all with answers), hundreds of self-review exercises
  drawn from the text all with answers), hundreds of programming exercises
  from the main text (these exercises don't have answers in the main text,
  but half of these exercises have answers in the Complete Training Course);
  hundreds of tips that are marked with icons and show how to write Python
  code that's portable, reusable, and optimized for performance; and full-text
  searching and hyperlinking.