02419cam a2200313 4500 387155491 TxAuBib 20190723120000.0 180119s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781491958865 1491958863 (OCoLC)1019904357 TxAuBib Freeman, Eric, 1965- Head first learn to code : a brain-friendly guide / Eric Freeman. Learn to code. First edition. Sebastopol, CA : O'Reily Media, 2018. xxxviii, 600 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes index. A learner's guide to coding and computational thinking. Getting started : thinking computationally -- Know your value : simple values, variables, and types -- Decisive code : Booleans, decisions, and loops -- Providing some structure : lists and iteration -- Getting functional : functions and abstraction -- Putting some order in your data : sorting and nested iteration -- Putting it all together : text, strings, and heuristics -- Getting modular : modules, methods, classes and objects -- Beyond iteration and indices : recursion and dictionaries -- Persistence : saving and retrieving files -- You really should get out more : using web APIs -- Getting interactive : widgets, events and emergent behavior -- A trip to Objectville : object-oriented programming -- Appendix : The Top Ten Topics (we didn't cover) : leftovers. It's no secret the world around you is becoming more connected, more configurable, more programmable, more computational. You can remain a passive participant, or you can learn to code. With Head First Learn to Code you'll learn how to think computationally and how to write code to make your computer, mobile device, or anything with a CPU do things for you. Using the Python programming language, you'll learn step by step the core concepts of programming as well as many fundamental topics from computer science, such as data structures, storage, abstraction, recursion, and modularity. 20190723. Python (Computer program language.) Object-oriented programming (Computer science.) Object-oriented programming languages. Computer programming.