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A Functional Start to Computing with Python

Ted Herman author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:27th Jul '17

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A Functional Start to Computing with Python enables students to quickly learn computing without having to use loops, variables, and object abstractions at the start. Requiring no prior programming experience, the book draws on Python‘s flexible data types and operations as well as its capacity for defining new functions. Along with the specifics of Python, the text covers important concepts of computing, including software engineering motivation, algorithms behind syntax rules, advanced functional programming ideas, and, briefly, finite state machines.

Taking a student-friendly, interactive approach to teach computing, the book addresses more difficult concepts and abstractions later in the text. The author presents ample explanations of data types, operators, and expressions. He also describes comprehensions the powerful specifications of lists and dictionaries before introducing loops and variables. This approach helps students better understand assignment syntax and iteration by giving them a mental model of sophisticated data first.

Web ResourceThe book‘s supplementary website at http://functionalfirstpython.com/ provides many ancillaries, including:

Interactive flashcards on Python language elements
Links to extra support for each chapter
Unit testing and programming exercises
An interactive Python stepper tool
Chapter-by-chapter points
Material for lectures

ISBN: 9781138460829

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

429 pages