Programming Across Disciplines

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Python Across Disciplines
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1.1.   Introduction 1.2.   About the Author & Contact Info 1.3.   Book Conventions 1.4.   What (Who) is a Programmer? 1.5.   Programming Across Disciplines 1.6.   Foundational Computing Concepts 1.7.   About Python 1.8.   First Steps 1.8.1 Computer Setup 1.8.2 Python print() Function 1.8.3 Comments
2.1. About Data 2.2. Data Types 2.3. Variables 2.4. User Input 2.5. Data Structures (DS)         2.5.1. DS Concepts         2.5.2. Lists         2.5.3. Dictionaries         2.5.4. Others 2.6. Files         2.6.1. Files & File Systems         2.6.2. Python File Object         2.6.3. Data Files 2.7. Databases
3.1. About Processing 3.2. Decisions         3.2.1 Decision Concepts         3.2.2 Conditions & Booleans         3.2.3 if Statements         3.2.4 if-else Statements         3.2.5 if-elif-else Statements         3.2.6 In-Line if Statements 3.3. Repetition (a.k.a. Loops)         3.3.1 Repetition Concepts         3.3.2 while Loops         3.3.3 for Loops         3.3.4 Nested Loops         3.3.5 Validating User Input 3.4. Functions         3.4.1 Function Concepts         3.4.2 Built-In Functions         3.4.3 Programmer Defined Functions 3.5. Libraries         3.5.1 Library Concepts         3.5.2 Standard Library         3.5.3 External Libraries 3.6. Processing Case Studies         3.6.1 Case Studies         3.6.2 Parsing Data
4.1. About Output 4.2. Advanced Printing 4.3. Data Visualization   4.4 Sound
  4.5 Graphics
  4.6 Video
  4.7 Web Output
  4.8 PDFs & Documents
  4.9 Dashboards
  4.10 Animation & Games
  4.11 Text to Speech

5.1 About Disciplines 5.2 Accounting 5.3 Architecture 5.4 Art 5.5 Artificial Intelligence (AI) 5.6 Autonomous Vehicles 5.7 Bioinformatics 5.8 Biology 5.9 Bitcoin 5.10 Blockchain 5.11 Business 5.12 Business Analytics 5.13 Chemistry 5.14 Communication 5.15 Computational Photography 5.16 Computer Science 5.17 Creative Writing 5.18 Cryptocurrency 5.19 Cultural Studies 5.20 Data Analytics 5.21 Data Engineering 5.22 Data Science 5.23 Data Visualization 5.24 Drone Piloting 5.25 Economics 5.26 Education 5.27 Engineering 5.28 English 5.29 Entrepreneurship 5.30 Environmental Studies 5.31 Exercise Science 5.32 Film 5.33 Finance 5.34 Gaming 5.35 Gender Studies 5.36 Genetics 5.37 Geography 5.38 Geology 5.39 Geospatial Analysis ☯ 5.40 History 5.41 Humanities 5.42 Information Systems 5.43 Languages 5.44 Law 5.45 Linguistics 5.46 Literature 5.47 Machine Learning 5.48 Management 5.49 Marketing 5.50 Mathematics 5.51 Medicine 5.52 Military 5.53 Model Railroading 5.54 Music 5.55 Natural Language Processing (NLP) 5.56 Network Analysis 5.57 Neural Networks 5.58 Neurology 5.59 Nursing 5.60 Pharmacology 5.61 Philosophy 5.62 Physiology 5.63 Politics 5.64 Psychiatry 5.65 Psychology 5.66 Real Estate 5.67 Recreation 5.68 Remote Control (RC) Vehicles 5.69 Rhetoric 5.70 Science 5.71 Sociology 5.72 Sports 5.73 Stock Trading 5.74 Text Mining 5.75 Weather 5.76 Writing
6.1. Databases         6.1.1 Overview of Databases         6.1.2 SQLite Databases         6.1.3 Querying a SQLite Database         6.1.4 CRUD Operations with SQLite         6.1.5 Connecting to Other Databases
Built-In Functions Conceptss Data Types Date & Time Format Codes Dictionary Methods Escape Sequences File Access Modes File Object Methods Python Keywords List Methods Operators Set Methods String Methods Tuple Methods Glossary Index Appendices   Software Install & Setup
  Coding Tools:
  A.  Python ↗   B.  Google CoLaboratory ↗   C.  Visual Studio Code ↗   D.  PyCharm IDE ↗   E.  Git ↗   F.  GitHub ↗
  Database Tools:
  G.  SQLite Database ↗   H.  MySQL Database ↗

Python Across Disciplines
by John Gordon © 2023

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6.0 Chapter Overview     6.1. Databases
        6.1.1 Overview of Databases         6.1.2 SQLite Databases         6.1.3 Querying a SQLite Database         6.1.4 CRUD Operations w/SQLite         6.1.5 Connecting to Other Databases     6.2. Object Oriented Programming
            6.2.1. Introduction to OOP             6.2.2. Unified Modeling Language             6.2.3. Classes & Objects             6.2.4. Abstraction             6.2.5. Encapsulation             6.2.6. Inheritance             6.2.7. Polymorphism             6.2.8. Exception Handling             6.2.9. Codealong: Employees             6.2.10. Codealong: Cars     6.3. Graphical User Interfaces
            6.3.1. Introduction to GUIs
            6.3.2. Tkinter
            6.3.3. Codealong: Login Form
            6.3.4. Codealong: Data Entry Form
    6.4. Algorithms & Data Structures
            6.4.1. Introduction to Algorithms
            6.4.2. Searching
            6.4.3. Sorting
            6.4.4. Metrics
            6.4.5. Nodes
            6.4.6. Linked Lists 1
            6.4.7. Linked Lists 2
            6.4.8. Stacks
            6.4.9. Queues
            6.4.10. Heaps
            6.4.11. Trees
            6.4.12. Graphs
            6.4.13. Maps
            6.4.14. Hashing
            6.4.15. Cryptography
    6.5. Additional Advanced Topics
            6.5.1. APIs
            6.5.2. Automation
            6.5.3. Recursion
            6.5.4. More About Datasets
            6.5.5. Large Language Models
            6.5.6. Text Analysis
            6.5.7. Web Scraping
            6.5.8. Data Science
            6.5.9. Machline Learning
            6.5.10. Natural Lang Processing
            6.5.11. Artificial Intelligence
            6.5.12. Cython
            6.5.13. PyPy
            6.5.14. Multi-Threading
            6.5.15. Parallel Processing

Table of Contents » Chapter 1 : Preliminaries : First Steps

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Now that you have read a bit about programming in general and have been introduced to Python in the previous sections of this chapter, let's get started with some hands-on fundamentals of using Google CoLab and Python. Over the next few pages you'll get your computer set up to begin using CoLab, learn about the first Python function (some people refer to these as "commands"), and learn about documenting your code using a feature in programming called comments.

Note: If you have not worked through the previous sections in this chapter yet, I recommend you do so before proceeding.

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