Chapter 1: Building Abstractions with Functions

Contents

• 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.1.1 Programming in Python
  • 1.1.2 Installing Python 3
  • 1.1.3 Interactive Sessions
  • 1.1.4 First Example
  • 1.1.5 Practical Guidance: Errors
• 1.2 The Elements of Programming
  • 1.2.1 Expressions
  • 1.2.2 Call Expressions
  • 1.2.3 Importing Library Functions
  • 1.2.4 Names and the Environment
  • 1.2.5 Evaluating Nested Expressions
  • 1.2.6 Function Diagrams
• 1.3 Defining New Functions
  • 1.3.1 Environments
  • 1.3.2 Calling User-Defined Functions
  • 1.3.3 Example: Calling a User-Defined Function
  • 1.3.4 Local Names
  • 1.3.5 Practical Guidance: Choosing Names
  • 1.3.6 Functions as Abstractions
  • 1.3.7 Operators
• 1.4 Practical Guidance: The Art of the Function
  • 1.4.1 Docstrings
  • 1.4.2 Default Argument Values
• 1.5 Control
  • 1.5.1 Statements
  • 1.5.2 Compound Statements
  • 1.5.3 Defining Functions II: Local Assignment
  • 1.5.4 Conditional Statements
  • 1.5.5 Iteration
  • 1.5.6 Practical Guidance: Testing
• 1.6 Higher-Order Functions
  • 1.6.1 Functions as Arguments
  • 1.6.2 Functions as General Methods
  • 1.6.3 Defining Functions III: Nested Definitions
  • 1.6.4 Functions as Returned Values
  • 1.6.5 Lambda Expressions
  • 1.6.6 Example: Newton's Method
  • 1.6.7 Abstractions and First-Class Functions
  • 1.6.8 Function Decorators