Gaddis T. Starting Out With Python

3rd ed. — Pearson, 2015. — 635 p. — ISBN: 9781292065502.Welcome to Starting Out with Python, Third Edition. This book uses the Python language to teach programming concepts and problem-solving skills, without assuming any previous programming experience. With easy-to-understand examples, pseudocode, flowcharts, and other tools, the student learns how to design the logic of programs and then implement those programs using Python. This book is ideal for an introductory programming course or a programming logic and design course using Python as the language.
As with all the books in the Starting Out With series, the hallmark of this text is its clear, friendly, and easy-to-understand writing. In addition, it is rich in example programs that are concise and practical. The programs in this book include short examples that highlight specific programming topics, as well as more involved examples that focus on problem solving. Each chapter provides one or more case studies that provide step-by-step analysis of a specific problem and shows the student how to solve it.Introduction to Computers and Programming
Input, Processing, and Output
Decision Structures and Boolean Logic
Repetition Structures
Functions
Files and Exceptions
Lists and Tuples
More About Strings
Dictionaries and Sets
Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
Inheritance
Recursion
GUI Programming
Installing Python
Introduction to IDLE
The ASCII Character Set
Answers to Checkpoints