Learning Python (5th Edition, Chinese Translation)

Learning Python (5th Edition, Chinese Translation) is the Chinese translation of the 5th edition of Mark Lutz's Learning Python, published as a two-volume set in one slipcase, translated by Qin He and Lin Ming, and published by China Machine Press in 2018. The book grew out of the author's many years of teaching Python training courses and is a systematic Python language tutorial suited to both self-study and classroom use. Its main text proceeds in the order "Getting Started—Types and Operations—Statements and Syntax—Functions and Generators—Modules and Packages—Classes and Object-Oriented Programming—Exceptions and Tools—Advanced Topics," with each chapter concentrating on a single subject and accompanied by end-of-chapter quizzes, programming exercises, and solutions, while also interspersing numerous annotated example code snippets and diagrams. The 5th edition uses Python 2.7 and 3.3 as its primary reference versions and shifts its emphasis further toward Python 3 than the previous edition; the syntax and language mechanisms discussed in the book remain largely applicable in newer Python versions. The book not only explains core topics such as built-in object types, the statement model, function scope and arguments, modules and packages, classes and operator overloading, and exception handling, but also discusses advanced language features in depth, including Unicode and byte strings, managed attributes, decorators and metaclasses, and descriptors. It can therefore serve both as an introductory text starting from zero and as a desk reference for checking language details. The book is enormous in length and meticulous in explanation; readers need to invest considerable time and to work through hands-on exercises to absorb it.