This book will introduce you to the Python programming language. It’s aimed at beginning
programmers, but even if you’ve written programs before and just want to add
Python to your list of languages, Introducing Python will get you started.
It’s an unhurried introduction, taking small steps from the basics to more involved and
varied topics. I mix cookbook and tutorial styles to explain new terms and ideas, but
not too many at once. Real Python code is included early and often.
Even though this is an introduction, I include some topics that might seem advanced,
such as NoSQL databases and message-passing libraries. I chose these because they can
solve some problems better than standard solutions. You’ll download and install external
Python packages, which is good to know when the “batteries included” with Python
don’t fit your application. And it’s fun to try something new.
I also include some examples of what not to do, especially if you’ve programmed in other
languages and try to adapt those styles to Python. And I won’t pretend that Python is
perfect; I’ll show you what to avoid.
Bill Lubanovic has developed software with Unix since 1977, GUIs since 1981, databases
since 1990, and the Web since 1993.
In 1982, at a startup named Intran, he developed MetaForm, one of the first commercial
GUIs (before the Mac or Windows), on one of the first graphic workstations. In the
early 1990s, while at Northwest Airlines, he wrote a graphic yield management system
th...
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