About author : Dr. Poornima Girish. Naik is currently working as a Professor in a Department of Computer Studies at Chh. Shahu Institute of Business Education and Research, Kolhapur. Her academic credentials are distinctly different. She has over 70 research papers in various international and national journals and symposia to her credit and has authored 18 books on various cutting edge technologies in information technology. She bears a varied and rich experience in the field of computer programming. Since last 25 years she has been associated with various graduation, Post Graduate Diploma and Post Graduate programs in Computer Science as a teaching faculty. Currently, she is working in thrust areas of computer science such as Web Technologies, Mobile Computing, Soft Computing and Internet security. She has immense experience in guiding academic projects with computer aided tools. She has guided many industrial projects in project management, core banking solutions and e-Learning solutions. She has conducted and organized seminars and workshops on various cutting-edge technologies in computer science at university level. She is a prolific technical writer with excellent communication, analytical and technical skills. She is recipient of prestigious Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Life Time Achievement National Award for remarkable achievements in the field of Teaching, Research & Publications awarded by International Institute for Social and Economic Reforms, Bangalore.

About book : This book aims at providing fundamental concepts of Python programming. It is a good text book as well as reference book. Here concepts are presented in the form of programs making it quite easy and simple for students to understand. It showcases actual screen shots of the programs from the programming environment to make it more student friendly. Because of the user friendly interface provided in the book a novice learner can also learn Python programming without any difficulty. As Python is open source, programs written in this book can execute on different operating systems like Windows, Linux, and Mac etc. Topics covered in this book Python Language Basics, Python Collections- Compound Data Types, List, Tuple, Dictionary and Set, Setting up Development Environment, Introduction to Anaconda and Installation of Anaconda. All the concepts are explained with practical examples and screenshots of the same are embedded.