Python How to Program

This textbook for a beginning programming course introduces the principles of control structures, object-oriented programming, Python modules, the graphical user interface, XML, and event-driven programming. A case study implements an online bookstore e-business. This addition to the How to Program series is suitable for Python programming courses or Web programming courses focusing on Python programming found in departments of Computer Science, CIS, MIS, IT, Business, Engineering and Continuing Education. Topics include: HTML, XHTML, CSS; Python Server Pages, CGI; Networking, Sockets; GUI, Tkinter, Python Mega Widgets; PyOpenGL, Multimedia, Accessibility; Databases, DB-API, SQL; File Processing, Serialization; Modules, Classes, Class Attributes; Class Customization, Method Overriding; Control Structures, Functions, Inheritance; String Manipulation, Regular Expressions; Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, Data Structures; Process Management.