Introduction to Programming Using Python is intended for use in the introduction to programming course.   Daniel Liang is known for his “fundamentals-first” approach to teaching programming concepts and techniques. “Fundamentals-first” means that students learn fundamental programming concepts like selection statements, loops, and functions, before moving into defining classes. Students learn basic logic and programming concepts before moving into object-oriented programming, and GUI programming.   Another aspect of Introduction to Programming Using Python is that in addition to the typical programming examples that feature games and some math, Liang gives an example or two early in the chapter that uses a simple graphic to engage the students. Rather than asking them to average 10 numbers together, they learn the concepts in the context of a fun example that generates something visually interesting.     The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction to Computers, Programs, and Python Chapter 2 Elementary Programming Chapter 3 Introduction to Functions, Strings, and Objects Chapter 4 Selections Chapter 5 Loops Chapter 6 Functions Chapter 7 Object-Oriented Programming Chapter 8 Thinking in Objects Chapter 9 GUI Programming Using Tkinter Chapter 10 Lists Chapter 11 Multi-dimensional Lists Chapter 12 Inheritance and Polymorphism Chapter 13 Files and Exception Handling Chapter 14 Tuples, Sets, and Dictionaries Chapter 15 Recursion Chapters 16-23 are bonus Web chapters on DS Chapter 16 Developing Efficient Algorithms Chapter 17 Sorting Chapter 18 Linked Lists, Stacks, Queues, and Priority Queues Chapter 19 Binary Search Trees Chapter 20 AVL Trees Chapter 21 Hashing Chapter 22 Graphs and Applications Chapter 23 Weighted Graphs and Applications Appendixes Appendix A   Python Keywords Appendix B   The ASCII Character Set Appendix C   Number Systems