TY - BOOK AU - Zhang,Yue ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - An Introduction to Python and Computer Programming T2 - Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, SN - 9789812876096 AV - TA329-348 U1 - 519 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - engineering KW - Computer programming KW - Programming languages (Electronic computers) KW - Applied mathematics KW - Engineering mathematics KW - electrical engineering KW - Engineering KW - Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering KW - Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters KW - Communications Engineering, Networks KW - Programming Techniques N1 - An introduction to Python and computer programming -- Using Python as a Calculator -- The First Python Program -- Branching and Looping -- Problem solving using branches and loops -- Functions -- Lists and mutability -- Sequences, Mappings and Sets -- Problem solving using lists and functions -- Classes -- Summary N2 - This book introduces Python programming language and fundamental concepts in algorithms and computing. Its target audience includes students and engineers with little or no background in programming, who need to master a practical programming language and learn the basic thinking in computer science/programming. The main contents come from lecture notes for engineering students from all disciplines, and has received high ratings. Its materials and ordering have been adjusted repeatedly according to classroom reception. Compared to alternative textbooks in the market, this book introduces the underlying Python implementation of number, string, list, tuple, dict, function, class, instance and module objects in a consistent and easy-to-understand way, making assignment, function definition, function call, mutability and binding environments understandable inside-out. By giving the abstraction of implementation mechanisms, this book builds a solid understanding of the Python programming language UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-609-6 ER -