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Learn Python in 7 Days

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Learn Python in 7 Days

Overview of this book

Python is a great language to get started in the world of programming and application development. This book will help you to take your skills to the next level having a good knowledge of the fundamentals of Python. We begin with the absolute foundation, covering the basic syntax, type variables and operators. We'll then move on to concepts like statements, arrays, operators, string processing and I/O handling. You’ll be able to learn how to operate tuples and understand the functions and methods of lists. We’ll help you develop a deep understanding of list and tuples and learn python dictionary. As you progress through the book, you’ll learn about function parameters and how to use control statements with the loop. You’ll further learn how to create modules and packages, storing of data as well as handling errors. We later dive into advanced level concepts such as Python collections and how to use class, methods, objects in python. By the end of this book, you will be able to take your skills to the next level having a good knowledge of the fundamentals of Python.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Title Page
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
2
Type Variables and Operators

About the Authors

Mohit ([email protected]) is a Python programmer with a keen interest in the field of information security. He has completed his bachelor's degree in technology in computer science from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, and master’s in engineering (2012) in computer science from Thapar University, Patiala. He is a C|EH, ECSA from EC-Council USA and a former IBMer. He currently works in Sapient. He has published several articles in national and international magazines. He is the author of  Python Penetration Testing Essentials and Python: Penetration Testing for Developers, also by Packt.

His LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohit-990a852a/.

First of all, I am grateful to the Almighty for helping me to complete this book. I would like to thank my mother for her love and encouraging support and my father for raising me in a house with desktops and laptops. A big thanks to the co-author, Bhaskar Das. I would also like to thank everyone who has contributed to the publication of this book, including the publisher, especially the technical reviewers and also the editors, Denim and Anurag. Last but not least, I'm grateful to my i7 Dell XPS laptop, without which it would not have been possible to write this book.

Bhaskar N. Das ([email protected]) is an application developer with a keen interest in the field of analytics and financial markets. He completed his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from Dehradun Institute of Technology, India and his master's degree in science (2014) in CSR and ethical management from FH BFI, Vienna, Austria. He has eight years of experience with IBM and has worked on several web and analytics-related technologies. He has published technical articles in leading magazines.

His LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/in/bhaskar-das-093a2012/.

It has been my pleasure to work with the Packt team, and I am thankful to them for providing me with such a wonderful opportunity. I am also thankful to my co-author Mohit for his invaluable help. Finally, I am thankful to my family who just helped me to timely complete the work. Well, this work would not have been possible without the newly devised CDP tool, so a great thanks should be given to it and also to all the resources that helped in the timely completion of this book.