Mark Lutz es un líder mundialmente reconocido en la formación de Python y una figura pionera en la comunidad Python, autor de los primeros y más vendidos textos sobre el lenguaje. Su extenso trabajo ha sido fundamental para establecer Python como uno de los lenguajes de programación más utilizados a nivel mundial. Lutz ha participado activamente en el desarrollo y la promoción de Python desde 1992, comenzando a escribir libros y a impartir clases a mediados de los 90. Su profunda experiencia tanto en la enseñanza como en la escritura lo ha convertido en una figura central en el desarrollo de software, con contribuciones que abarcan compiladores, aplicaciones de scripting y sistemas cliente-servidor.
Updated for both Python 3.4 and 2.7, this guide provides concise information on Python types and statements, special method names, built-in functions and exceptions, commonly used standard library modules, and other prominent Python tools.--From back cover.
If you want to write efficient, high-quality code that s easily integrated with other languages and tools, this hands-on book will help you be productive with Python quickly. Learning Python, Fifth Edition, is an easy-to-follow, self-paced tutorial based on author and Python expert Mark Lutz s popular training course.§You ll find lots of annotated examples and illustrations to help you get started with Python 2.7 and 3.3. Each chapter contains a standalone lesson on a key component of the language.§Learn about Python s major built-in object types such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries§Create and process objects using Python statements, and learn Python s general syntax model§Structure and reuse code with Python s basic procedural tool§Learn about Python modules: packages of statements, functions, and other tools organized into larger components§Discover Python s object-oriented programming tool for structuring code§Learn about the exception-handling model and development tools for writing larger programs§Explore advanced Python tools, including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing