{"product_id":"9781590590065","title":"Practical Python","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePractical Python\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLie Hetland, Magnus\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePractical Python\u003c\/i\u003e offers a highly useful guide to the Python programming language. In disarmingly readable prose, author \u003cstrong\u003eMagnus Lie Hetland\u003c\/strong\u003e guides you through those concepts of most importance to the budding Python developer.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eFollowing a succinct overview of the installation process, Hetland brings you up to speed regarding the general programming precepts common to every high-level language, including datatypes, conditionals and looping, abstractions, and modularity. Notably, Hetland takes great care to provide a thorough introduction to Python's potentially confusing datatype offering, including lists, tuples, and dictionaries, providing numerous examples aimed toward familiarizing you with their subtle, yet important differences.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003ePrimed with the language's foundational knowledge, youll then be introduced to Pythons file-handling, database, graphical user interface, and string-handling capabilities. Additionally, Hetland offers an excellent review of Pythons object-oriented, functional, and exception-handling capabilities. All chapters are peppered with references to Python's useful built-in functions, which is done with the intention of demonstrating the considerable features offered by the default Python distribution.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eHetland devotes the second half of the book to project development, taking great care to choose a series of ten increasingly complex applications that are of timely and wide-ranging interest to burgeoning and expert developers alike. Project focus includes automated document conversion, newsgroup administration, graphical PDF document generation, remote document maintenance, the creation of a peer-to-peer system with XML-RPC, database integration, and GUI and game development. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Apress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2002-08-08\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781590590065\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x191cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 352\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Apress","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47188122632332,"sku":"9781590590065","price":44.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781590590065.jpg?v=1775048926","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781590590065","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}