Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional (3rd Edition)

This book is the Chinese translation of the third edition of Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional by Magnus Lie Hetland, a scholar at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, published in the Turing Programming Series · Python Series of Posts & Telecom Press. The book begins with Python installation and environment setup, first systematically covering basic syntax and core concepts: data structures such as lists, tuples, strings, and dictionaries; statements such as conditionals and loops; and the use of function definitions, modules, and the standard library. It then progresses step by step to relatively advanced topics, including abstraction and classes, exception handling, magic methods, properties, iterators, and generators. It further discusses how Python cooperates with external tools such as databases, networks, and the C language, as well as the complete process of program testing, packaging, and distribution. In the final part, the author applies the knowledge taught earlier to practice, introducing ten practical Python projects following the steps of actual project development, covering GUI development, web applications, game design, and other directions. The book is clearly structured and densely illustrated with examples; it can both solidify the grammatical foundations for beginners and help programmers with experience in other languages quickly transition to Python's way of development. It is suitable as an introductory and improvement reader to keep on the desk for long-term reference.