Guide to VideoNotes

Guide to Application Topics

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1  An Introduction to Computing and Problem Solving

1.1  An Introduction to Computing and Python

1.2  Program Development Cycle

1.3  Programming Tools

1.4  An Introduction to Python

Chapter 2  Core Objects, Variables, Input, and Output

2.1  Numbers

2.2  Strings

2.3  Input and Output

2.4  Lists, Tuples, and Files - an Introduction

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 3  Structures that Control Flow

3.1  Relational and Logical Operators

3.2  Decision Structures

3.3  The while Loop

3.4  The for Loop

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 4  Functions

4.1  Functions, Part 1

4.2  Functions, Part 2

4.3  Program Design

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 5  Processing Data

5.1  Processing Data, Part 1

5.2  Processing Data, Part 2

5.3  Processing Data with Dictionaries

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 6  Miscellaneous Topics

6.1  Exception Handling

6.2  Selecting Random Values

6.3  Turtle Graphics

6.4  Recursion

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 7  Object-Oriented Programming

7.1  Classes and Objects

7.2  Inheritance

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Chapter 8  Graphical User Interface

8.1  Widgets

8.2  The Grid Geometry Manger

8.3  Writing GUI Programs

Key Terms and Concepts

Programming Projects

Appendices

Appendix A  ASCII Values

Appendix B  Python Keywords

Appendix C  Installing Python and IDLE

Answers

Index