Test Your Skills In Python Language

This book gives you an opportunity to check your proficiency in Python by answering the questions in this book. The Programs/commands presented in this book are executed using Python version 3.5.2. The questions are categorized based on various facts of programming in python. The aim is to cover the topics in depth. Detailed explanation of each question helps even a novice learner.

TAGLINE

An interactive way to introduce the world of computer programming

KEY FEATURES

• More than 400 questions for testing skills in Python 
• Topics covered in sequence for novice readers 
• Getting started section gives a good start and overview  
• Questions are represented topic-wise so that a Python programmer can directly go for testing a particular topic       
• Multiple choice questions with True/False options also 
• Questions based on output help to learn the programming skills and various in-built functions in Python
• Better understanding through detailed explanation 
•  Solved Model test papers help to learn theory questions

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN

• Data types, Control flow instructions, console  & File Input/Output
• Strings, list & tuples, List comprehension
• Sets & Dictionaries, Functions & Lambdas
• Dictionary Comprehension
• Modules, classes and objects, Inheritance
• Operator overloading, Exception handling
• Iterators & Generators, Decorators, Command-line Parsing

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

Students, Programmers, researchers, and software developers who wish to learn the basics of Python programming language.

1. Chapter 1 : Input –Output
2. Chapter 2 : Operators and Expressions
3. Chapter 3 : Decision Control statements
4. Chapter 4 : Functions
5. Chapter 5 : Loops
6. Chapter 6 : Lists
7. Chapter 7 : Strings
8. Chapter 8 : Sets and Dictionaries
9. Chapter 9 : Tuples
10. Chapter 10 : Classes
11. Chapter 11 : Files
12. Chapter 12: Graphics
13. Chapter 13 : In-built functions
14. Chapter 14: Miscellaneous
15. Appendix A: Python keywords and their use
16. Appendix B: Operators in Python and their precedence  
17. Appendix C: Libraries in Python and common functions
18. Bibliography
19. Model Test Paper 1 (Solved)
20. Model Test Paper 2 (Solved)
21. Model Test Paper 3 (Unsolved)
22. Model Test Paper 4 (Unsolved)

Dr. Shivani Goel is an educator and researcher since last 17 years. She has done graduation, post-graduation and doctorate in Computer Science and engineering from Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India.  Presently she is working as a professor at Bennett University, Greater Noida, U.P., India. Her research areas are artificial intelligence, software engineering, algorithms, data structures and programming. She has guided many these at post graduate and doctorate level. She has guided many thesis at post graduate and doctorate level. She has more than 60 research publications in International/ National Conferences and reputed Journals. Counselling students and motivating them for better learning is her passion.