Learning Python book by Mark Lutz

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For sale: English-language book, Learning Python, 5th edition, updated for 3.3 and 2.7, by Mark Lutz, 1540 pages, with some passages highlighted, price: 55 $ "Get a complete and in-depth introduction to the major Python language with this practical book. Based on the author Mark Lutz’s popular training course, this updated fifth edition will help you quickly write efficient, high-quality code with Python. It’s an ideal way to get started, whether you’re new to programming or a professional developer experienced in other languages. Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow, self-paced tutorial gets you started with Python 2.7 and 3.3—the latest versions of the 3.X and 2.X lines—as well as all other commonly used versions today. You’ll also learn some advanced language features that have recently become more common in Python code. Explore Python’s major built-in object types such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries Create and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python’s general syntax model Use functions to avoid code redundancy and wrap code for reuse Organize statements, functions, and other tools into larger components using modules Dive into classes: Python’s object-oriented programming tool for structuring code Write large programs using Python’s exception-handling model and development tools Learn advanced Python tools, including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing"