How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Learning with Python
by Allen Downey, Jeffrey Elkner, Chris Meyers
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Book Description
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python - is an introduction to computer science using the Python programming language. It covers the basics of computer programming, including variables and values, functions, conditionals and control flow, program development and debugging. Later chapters cover basic algorithms and data structures.This open book is licensed under a GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL). You can download How to Think Like a Computer Scientist ebook for free in PDF format (1.1 MB).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1
The way of the program
Chapter 2
Variables, expressions and statements
Chapter 3
Functions
Chapter 4
Conditionals and recursion
Chapter 5
Fruitful functions
Chapter 6
Iteration
Chapter 7
Strings
Chapter 8
Lists
Chapter 9
Tuples
Chapter 10
Dictionaries
Chapter 11
Files and exceptions
Chapter 12
Classes and objects
Chapter 13
Classes and functions
Chapter 14
Classes and methods
Chapter 15
Sets of objects
Chapter 16
Inheritance
Chapter 17
Linked lists
Chapter 18
Stacks
Chapter 19
Queues
Chapter 20
Trees
Appendix A
Debugging
Appendix B
Creating a new data type
Appendix C
Recommendations for further reading
Book Details
Title
How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
Subject
Computer Science
Publisher
Green Tea Press
Published
2008
Pages
280
Edition
1
Language
English
ISBN13 Digital
9780971677500
ISBN10 Digital
0971677506
PDF Size
1.1 MB
License
GNU FDL
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