Python for Beginners E-Book

Nathan Metzler

• Herausgeber: CRB Publishing
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

Master the Python Environment and Become a Skilled Coder!When you open up Beginner’s Guide to Python, you’ll enter a new world of creative and lucrative possibilities. From executing Python scripts on various operating systems to learning identifiers and keywords, you’ll be up-and-running in no time. Now is the time – get ready for the ride of a lifetime as you discover the inner workings of a language on which much of the world’s newest devices depend.With this book, you can learn what you need to know to get started with this popular and powerful coding platform: Installing the necessary software Setting up your programming environment Learning the basic syntax of Python Understanding variables, operators, and control structures Absorbing the basics of Python functionsThis comprehensive and easy-to-read introduction to Python programming includes a wealth of programming tutorials for writing your first lines of code. You’ll learn how to analyze and process raw data inputs and present useful information to users. With this guide, you can learn to calculate factorials, reverse numbers, and determine whether numbers are palindromes and even/odd.You’ll even discover simple and straightforward methods for creating menu-driven programs with user-defined functions!Don’t pass up this opportunity to make a great salary as a programmer and leave your mark on the world. Get your copy of Beginner’s Guide to Python and take your first steps toward a bright future!It’s quick and easy to order. Simply scroll up and click the BUY NOW WITH ONE CLICK button on the right-hand side of your screen.

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Python

For Beginners

An Introduction to Learn Python Programming with Tutorials and Hands-On Examples

Nathan Metzler

Copyright © 2018 by Nathan Metzler .

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Overview

Chapter 2

Installation and Environment Setup

Chapter 3

Introduction to Python Programming

Chapter 4

Variables

Chapter 5

Operators

Chapter 6

Control Structures

Chapter 7

Function Basics

Chapter 8

Programming Tutorials

Chapter 9

Final Words

Chapter 1

Overview

Python is an object-oriented scripting language invented by Guido van Russom in 1991. Being a general-purpose programming language, it is widely used in many applications today across various domains such as scientific computing, desktop applications, web applications, etc. It is an interpreted language, meaning there is a Python Interpreter which executes Python programs line by line as opposed to compiled languages wherein the entire program is compiled into executable code.

One of the major advantages of Python is that it is a cross-platform language with interpreters available for every major Operating System out there; namely Windows, Linux, MAC, FreeBSD, etc. A single Python program can be executed across any platform regardless of the Operating System and the Hardware Architecture as long as a suitable interpreter is present and the program is free from platform-specific code. Another major advantage is the design philosophy that emphasizes on code readability and a syntax that enables developers to implement concepts in fewer lines of code as compared to languages like C++, Java or C#.

Several Python implementations exist for different operating systems today. CPython is the reference implementation written C, also happens to be the most used one. Some of the other major implementations are – IronPython (for .NET and Mono framework) and Jython (written in Java).

1.1 Potential of Python

As of 2017, Python is in great demand and also widely used in the IT industry. Some of the applications where Python is used include Internet of Things (IoT), BigData, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, etc. In fact, some of the devices, applications or services you use could be powered by Python to some degree. To name a few – YouTube, DropBox, Quora, BitTorrent and Yahoo Maps use Python somewhere or the other in their systems. This goes to show how incredibly useful and powerful is Python.

Chapter 2

Installation and Environment Setup

There are two versions of Python in use today – Python 2 and Python 3. While Python 2 is more common, Python 3 is relatively newer. There is a fair bit of difference in both the versions with respect to syntax. This guide focuses only on Python 2. The programs demonstrated in this book have been tested on Windows 8 and shall seamlessly work on MAC OS and Linux unless specified otherwise.

If you use MAC OS or Unix/Linux based OS, you will mostly have Python shipped along with your OS. In order to check, open the Terminal/Shell and type the following command:

$>python

If this command returns an error with the likes of “command not found”, “invalid file or directory” or something similar then Python is most likely not present on your system. If no error is returned, a Python Shell will open which will prove the existence of Python interpreter on your system.

On Windows systems, Python is not shipped by default and you will have to install it manually.

2.1 Downloading and Installing Python

If Python is not present on your system regardless of the OS, you will have to download and install it. To do so, visit: https://www.python.org/downloads/ and chose the appropriate Python 2.x installation file in accordance with your Operating System and Hardware Architecture. For eg. If you have a 64-bit Windows OS, the right file will be - python-2.7.12.amd64.msi, 2.7.13 is the Python version and amd64 is a notation for 64-bit architecture. The same for a 32-bit Windows OS is 2.7.12.msi. Always get the latest version. Once the file has been downloaded, execute it and follow the instructions. While installing, the setup will give you an option to customize Python. The option “Add python.exe to Path” will be unchecked by default, click on the icon next to it and enable the option as shown below. Click Next and finish the installation.

Once the installation is complete, open command prompt (cmd.exe) and type the following:

C:\>python

A Python Shell will open which will look more or less like the following:

If you are able to open Python Shell, Python has been successfully installed on your system.

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