TY - BOOK AU - Herman,Ted TI - A functional start to computing with Python / Ted Herman T2 - Chapman & Hall/CRC textbooks in computing SN - 9781466504554 (pbk.) PY - 2014/// CY - Boca Raton PB - CRC Press, Taylor & Francis KW - Python (Computer program language) N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 'Open source and easy to use, Python offers the availability of exciting libraries of software, application programming interfaces, and even connections to web services. This textbook uses Python as a working environment to teach the basics of computing for students with no prior programming experience. Unlike similar texts, it organizes topics based on a functional first approach to teaching programming. The book includes case studies of practical problems as well as homework and interactive tools online, such as flashcards'-- ER -