The Python® Guide by Deitel® for the professional programmer with introductory case studies of artificial intelligence. Written for developers with a background in another high-level language, this book uses first-hand instructions to teach the most modern and advanced information technology and programming technologies with Python - one of the most popular and fastest growing languages. Within the framework of the 500 real-world examples, from individual excerpts to 40 large scenarios and full-scale case studies, you will use the interactive IPython interpreter with code in Jupyter Notebooks to quickly master the most modern Python code idioms. 

After covering Chapters 1-5 of Python and some basic parts of Chapters 6-7, you will be able to tackle significant portions of the experiential introductory case studies in Chapters 11-16, which contain a plethora of intelligent, powerful, and modern examples. These include natural language processing, Twitter® data mining for sentiment analysis, cognitive computing with IBM® WatsonTM, supervised machine learning with classification and regression, unsupervised machine learning with clustering, computer vision through deep learning and convolutional neural networks, deep learning with recurrent neural networks, big data with Hadoop®, SparkTM and NoSQL databases, the Internet of Things, and more. You will work directly or indirectly with cloud-based services, including Twitter, Google TranslateTM, IBM Watson, Microsoft® Azure®, OpenMapQuest, PubNub, and others.