2000, ISBN: 0672317354

In the crowded field of scripting languages, Python has found a niche as the best tool for learning object-oriented design principles. Several elegantly produced books in the past few y… Mehr…

In the crowded field of scripting languages, Python has found a niche as the best tool for learning object-oriented design principles. Several elegantly produced books in the past few years, notably David M. Beazley's thorough Python Essential Reference and John E. Grayson's durable Python and Tkinter Programming, have established a foundation of documentation that makes Python a buildable platform for rapid prototyping, as well as good programming practice. The appearance in April 2000 of a Sams Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours is evidence of mainstream support. Author Ivan van Laningham has the happy task of teaching an eminently teachable language, and his passion for Python is evident throughout. The 24-chapter recipe is arbitrary, but the book has a well-chosen tripartite subdivision into sections on basic operation, object-oriented design, and GUIs, each of which fulfills its mission. Each "hour" chapter ends with a summary, a Q & A period, a quiz with answers, and, for the ambitious, exercises. The first hour asks the essential question, "Why Python?" The answer is a collection of flattering adjectives--flexible, extensible, embeddable, elegant, clear, simple--but the author fails to provide a comparison of Python with Tcl, Java, and Perl. Python has a competitive advantage, as found in Part II on object-oriented design basics and strategies. While other languages use o-o principles, none has subsumed it into the mind of th computers and technology,education and reference,languages and tools,networking,object-oriented design,programming,python,software,software design testing and engineering,web design Web Design, Sams Publishing<

2000, ISBN: 9780672317354

Sams Publishing, 2000-05-15. Paperback. New. NEW. NO remainder markings. A brand new book perfect inside and out., Sams Publishing, 2000-05-15

ISBN: 9780672317354

Softcover book. 510 pages. Published by Sams Media > Book, [PU: SAMS Publishing]