Getting Started with Programming in Python

The principles of programming are outlined, through which the reader will acquire skills in algorithmic problem solving using the Python language, even without prior programming experience. A brief introduction to computers and programming is provided. Input, processing, and output of data, control structures and Boolean logic, structures with repetition, functions, files and exceptions, lists and tuples, string data, dictionaries and sets, classes and OOP, inheritance, recursion, interface programming, functional programming, and more are covered.

To facilitate understanding of the essence of algorithms, flowcharts, pseudocode, and other tools are widely used. A large number of concise and practical program examples are presented. Each chapter offers thematic problems with a step-by-step analysis of their solutions. The fifth edition includes a chapter on database programming. For beginner programmers, high school seniors, and first-year students.