• Title Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
• Author(s) Allen B. Downey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 16, 2009)
• Paperback 270 pages
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521725968
• ISBN-13: 978-0521725965

Book Description

Python for Software Design is a concise introduction to software design using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most challenging, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several chapters. The focus is on the programming process, with special emphasis on debugging.

The book includes a wide range of exercises, from short examples to substantial projects, so that students have ample opportunity to practice each new concept. Exercise solutions and code examples are available from thinkpython.com, along with Swampy, a suite of Python programs that is used in some of the exercises.

• Allen B. Downey, Ph.D., is an associate professor of computer science at the Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts. He has taught at Wellesly College, Colby College, and UC Berkeley. He has a doctorate in computer science from UC Berkeley and a Master's degree from MIT. Dr Downey is the author of a previous version of this book, titled How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python, which he self-published in 2001.

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