Ch 3 of my writings, first few sections posted

[Alf P. Steinbach]

This is an introduction to programming based on Python 3.x in Windows.

It's posted as PDFs on Google Docs.

Currently 2 full chapters plus a little of chapter 3, about 120 pages in total; 
chapters 1 and 2 reviewed by [comp.programming] and [comp.lang.python] residents 
(although I have no doubt that there are many errors etc., all mine!).


* Alf P. Steinbach, in [comp.lang.python]:
> Tentatively titled "Foundations".
> 
> Also, these first 2/3 sections may be moved to some later point, i.e. 
> even the structure is tentative, but I'd value comments!
> 
>   <url: http://tinyurl.com/programmingbookP3>
> 
> Table of contents:
> 
> 3  Foundations 1
> 3.1  Some necessary math notation & terminology. 2
> 3.1.1  The vocabulary and notation of basic arithmetic, including Σ and 
> Π. 2
> 3.1.2  Quadratic and exponential time & memory (also introducing timeit). 5
> -EOT_ 9
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> - Alf
> 
> PS: Hm, Open Office's PDF generation does funny things with Greek sigmas 
> inside formulas! I don't mind so much that it makes table divider lines 
> very fat and bold and that it can't handle certain figures (which I have 
> to paste in manually as bitmaps), but really it should be able to handle 
> simple text. Grr.

I forgot to cross-post this to [comp.programming], the quoted article above was 
only posted to [comp.lang.python]. I now cross-posted it also to 
[comp.lang.c++]. I know, it's a bit OT in clc++, but it makes a nice contrast, 
and can be relevant for all those threads about "how do I learn programming"...

And I've now posted an updated and full table of contents to Google Docs site, 
URL above.

Comments very welcome  --  now it's Christmas and I'll probably not be able to 
respond or fix anything until early January, but still comments very welcome!


Cheers,

- Alf


PS: For clc++: why did I give up writing a beginner's book based on C++? Well, 
for one, in C++ it got too complicated and long the way I wanted it, "real". And 
secondly, Francis, Andrew & Barbara and Bjarne have by now got that covered!

PPS: Also for clc++: where is my C++ tutorial, referenced from the FAQ (§29.21)? 
Well, first it moved to another URL, since [start.no] discontinued their 
service. Then that new free provider ceased to exist, so that now it's nowhere, 
and I've forgotten all about it. And probably will, yet again! I've CC-ed this 
to Marshall Cline so that perhaps he can update the FAQ to e.g. 
[http://cplusplus.com/doc/tutorial/], which by now is, well, acceptable quality!