Introduction to Computer Science in Python

• Context
  • Motivation for This Book
  • Resources Online
  • Computer Science, Broadly
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Hardware and Software
  • Hardware and Software
• The Terminal
  • The Terminal
• Python Data and Operations
  • A Sample Python Program
  • Lab: Editing and Running Python Programs
  • Arithmetic
  • Variables and Assignment
  • Reading Python Syntax
  • Strings, Part I
  • Writing to the Screen
  • Python Program Structure
  • Combining Input and Output
  • String Special Cases
  • F-Strings and String Formatting
  • Types and Conversions
  • Learning to Solve Problems
  • Lab: Division Sentences
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Defining Functions of Your Own
  • A First Function Definition
  • Multiple Function Definitions
  • Function Parameters
  • Multiple Function Parameters
  • Returned Function Values
  • Two Roles: Writer and Consumer of Functions
  • Local Scope
  • Library Modules
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Modules and Variable Scope
  • Modules and Variable Scope
• Basic String Operations
  • String Indexing and Slicing
  • String Methods and Length
  • A Creative Problem Solution
  • Lab: String Operations
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Decisions
  • Conditions
  • More Conditional Expressions
  • Compound Boolean Expressions
  • Simple if Statements
  • if-elif-else Statements
  • Nested if Statements
  • If-Statement Pitfalls
  • Chapter Review Questions
• User Input
  • User Input
• While Loops
  • While Statements
  • User Input Utilities
  • Interactive while Loops
  • While Loops with Sequences
  • While Loop Examples
  • Greatest Common Divisor
  • Lab: Number Guessing Game
  • Chapter Review Questions
• For Loops
  • For Loop Syntax
  • The range() Function
  • For Loop Examples
  • List Comprehensions
  • Lab: Nested Loops
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Files, Paths, and Directories
  • Path Strings
  • Reading Files
  • Writing Files
  • Working with pathlib
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Error Handling
  • Error Handling
• Lists
  • List Syntax
  • List Methods
  • Searching
  • Sorting
  • Lab: Lists
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Tuples
  • Tuple Syntax
  • Tuple Examples
  • Tuple Unpacking
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Dictionaries
  • Dictionary Syntax
  • Dictionary Examples
  • Dictionary Efficiency
  • Lab: File Data and Collections
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Lists of Dictionaries
  • Lists of Dictionaries
• Dictionary Algorithms
  • Dictionary Algorithms
• Internet Data
  • Internet Data
• Classes and Object-Oriented Programming
  • A First Example of Class Instances
  • Class Instance Examples
  • Planning a Class Structure
  • Python Dataclasses
  • The Rational Class
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Testing
  • Introduction to pytest
  • Writing Effective Tests
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Recursion
  • Introduction to Recursion
  • Recursion Examples
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Data Structures
  • Stacks and Queues
  • Linked Lists
  • Chapter Review Questions
• Graphical User Interfaces with Tkinter
  • Graphical User Interfaces with Tkinter
• Appendix
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Command Line Introduction
  • Operator Precedence
  • Homework: Grade Calculation
  • Lab: Version Control

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