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Book Description
Get a comprehensive, in-depth introduction to the core Python language with this hands-on book. Based on author Mark Lutz's popular training course, this updated sixth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It's an ideal way to begin, whether you're new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.
Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial gets you started with Python 3.12 and all other releases in use today. With a pragmatic focus on what you need to know, it also introduces some advanced language features that have become increasingly common in Python code.
This book helps you:Explore Python's built-in object types such as strings, lists, dictionaries, and filesCreate and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python's syntax modelUse functions and functional programming to avoid redundancy and maximize reuseOrganize code into larger components with modules and packagesCode robust programs with Python's exception handling and development toolsApply object-oriented programming and classes to make code customizableSurvey advanced Python tools including decorators, descriptors, and metaclassesWrite idiomatic Python code that runs portably across a wide variety of platforms
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