[内容简介]
《Python语言程序设计(英文版)》特色? 以“基础先行”方法介绍基本程序设计概念和方法，帮助学生循序渐进地学习所有必需和重要的基本概念。? 以“问题驱动”方法讲授程序设计技术，强调问题求解，而非语法。通过广泛的趣味性实例（涉及数学、自然科学、商业、金融、游戏、动画和多媒体领域）来激发学生的学习兴趣，为求解这些问题，适时地引入相关的语法和库。? 可以灵活介绍GUI相关主题。第1～6章使用内置的Turtle图形模块，其余部分使用Tkinter，这两种工具都是简单、易学的程序设计教学工具。每章的开始都有GUI实例，每章末尾还有专门的GUI练习。 
《Python语言程序设计(英文版)》由梁勇编著。
[目次]
chapter 1 introduction to computers， programs，and python 
1.1 introduction 
1.2 what is a computer？ 
1.3 programming languages 
1.4 operating systems 
1.5 the history of python 
1.6 getting started with python 
1.7 programming style and documentation 
1.8 programming errors 
1.9 getting started with graphics programming 
chapter 2 elementary programming 
2.1 introduction 
2.2 writing a simple program 
2.3 reading input from the console 
2.4 identifiers 
2.5 variables，assignment statements， and expressions 
2.6 simultaneous assignments 
2.7 named constants 
2.8 numeric data types and operators 
2.9 evaluating expressions and operator precedence 
2.10 augmented assignment operators 
2.11 type conversions and rounding 
2.12 case study： displaying the current time 
2.13 software development process 
2.14 case study： computing distances 
chapter 3 mathematical functions， strings，and objects 
3.1 introduction 
3.2 common python functions 
3.3 strings and characters 
3.4 case study： minimum number of coins 
3.5 introduction to objects and methods 
3.6 formatting numbers and strings 
3.7 drawing various shapes 
3.8 drawing with colors and fonts 
chapter 4 selections 
4.1 introduction 
4.2 boolean types， values， and expressions 
4.3 generating random numbers 
4.4 i f statements 
4.5 case study： guessing birthdays 
4.6 two-way if-else statements 
4.7 nested if and multi-way if-elif-else statements 
4.8 common errors in selection statements 
4.9 case study： computing body mass index 
4.10 case study： computing taxes 
4.11 logical operators 
4.12 case study： determining leap years 
4.13 case study： lottery 
4.14 conditional expressions 
4.15 operator precedence and associativity 
4.16 detecting the location of an object 
chapter 5 loops 
5.1 introduction 
5.2 the while loop 
5.3 the for loop 
5.4 nested loops 
5.5 minimizing numerical errors 
5.6 case studies 
5.7 keywords break and continue 
5.8 case study： displaying prime numbers 
5.9 case study： random walk 
chapter 6 functions 
6.1 introduction 
6.2 defining a function 
6.3 calling a function 
6.4 functions with/without return values 
6.5 positional and keyword arguments 
6.6 passing arguments by reference values 
6.7 modularizing code 
6.8 case study： converting decimals to hexadecimals 
6.9 the scope of variables 
6.10 default arguments 
6.11 returning multiple values 
6.12 case study： generating random ascii characters 
6.13 function abstraction and stepwise refinement 
6.14 case study： reusable graphics functions 
chapter 7 objects and classes 
7.1 introduction 
7.2 defining classes for objects 
7.3 uml class diagrams 
7.4 immutable objects vs. mutable objects 
7.5 hiding data fields 
7.6 class abstraction and encapsulation 
7.7 object-oriented thinking 
chapter 8 more on strings and special methods 
8.1 introduction 
8.2 the str class 
8.3 case study： checking palindromes 
8.4 case study： converting hexadecimals to decimals 
8.5 operator overloading and special methods 
8.6 case study： the rational class 
chapter 9 gui programming using tkinter 
9.1 introduction 
9.2 getting started with tkinter 
9.3 processing events 
9.4 the widget classes 
9.5 canvas 
9.6 the geometry managers 
9.7 case study： loan calculator 
9.8 displaying images 
9.9 menus 
9.10 popup menus 
9.11 mouse， key events， and bindings 
9.12 animations 
9.13 scrollbars 
9.14 standard dialog boxes 
chapter 10 lists 
10.1 introduction 
10.2 list basics 
10.3 case study： lotto numbers 
10.4 case study： deck of cards 
10.5 deck of cards gui 
10.6 copying lists 
10.7 passing lists to functions 
10.8 returning a list from a function 
10.9 case study： counting the occurrences of each letter 
10.10 searching lists 
10.11 sorting lists 
10.12 case study： bouncing balls 
cbapter 11 multidimensional lists 
11.1 introduction 
11.2 processing two-dimensional lists 
11.3 passing two-dimensional lists to functions 
11.4 problem： grading a multiple-choice test 
11.5 problem： finding the closest pair 
11.6 gui： finding the closest pair 
11.7 problem： sudoku 
11.8 case study： sudoku gui 
11.9 multidimensional lists 
chapter 12 inheritance and polymorphism 
12.1 introduction 
12.2 superclasses and subclasses 
12.3 overriding methods 
12.4 the object class 
12.5 polymorphism and dynamic binding 
12.6 the isinstance function 
12.7 case study： a reusable clock 
12.8 class relationships 
12.9 case study： designing the course class 
12.10 designing a class for stacks 
12.11 case study： the figurecanvas class 
chapter 13 files and exception handling 
13.1 introduction 
13.2 text input and output 
13.3 file dialogs 
13.4 case study： counting each letter in a file 
13.5 retrieving data from the web 
13.6 exception handling 
13.7 raising exceptions 
13.8 processing exceptions using exception objects 
13.9 defining custom exception classes 
13.10 binary io using pickling 
13.11 case study： address book 
chapter 14 tuples，sets， and dictionaries 
14.1 introduction 
14.2 tuples 
14.3 sets 
14.4 comparing the performance of sets and lists 
14.5 case study： counting keywords 
14.6 dictionaries 
14.7 case study： occurrences of words 
chapter 15 recursion 
15.1 introduction 
15.2 case study： computing factorial……