Lambert K.A., Osborne M. Fundamentals of Python: First Programs

Course Technology, Cengage Learning, 2012. — 486 p. — ISBN: 9781111822705In Fundamentals of Python: First Programs, respected author Kenneth A. Lambert presents all of the important topics for a CS1 course while preparing the reader to study additional languages. The book uses the Python programming language, which is both easy to learn for beginners and scales well to advanced applications. Lambert's back-to-basics approach will be engaging for the reader bringing relevance of the concepts and applications from the text to the real world.Data Types and Expressions.
Control Statements.
Strings and Text Files.
Lists and Dictionaries.
Design with Functions.
Simple Graphics and Image Processing.
Design with Classes.
Graphical User Interfaces.
Multithreading, Networks, and Client/Server Programming.
Searching, Sorting, and Complexity. (Online only)
Appendices.