Python Programming

This third edition of John Zelle’s Python Programming continues the tradition of updating the text to reflect new technologies while maintaining a time-tested approach to teaching introductory computer science. An important change to this edition is the removal of most uses of eval and the addition of a discussion of its dangers. In our increasingly connected world, it’s never too early to begin considering computer security issues. This edition also uses several new graphics examples, developed throughout chapters 4-12. [IMPORTANT NOTICE TO PURCHASERS: Any Kindle edition of this book is an illegal reproduction and is unauthorized by the author and the publisher.]

1. Computers and Programs

2. Writing Simple Programs

3. Computing with Numbers

4. Objects and Graphics

5. Sequences: Strings, Lists, and Files

6. Defining Functions

7. Decision Structures

8. Loop Structures and Booleans

9. Simulation and Design

10. Defining Classes

11. Data Collections

12. Object-Oriented Design

13. Algorithm Design and Recursion