This book teaches Python via 52 exercises. The idea is that you read them; type their code precisely (no copying and pasting!); fix your mistakes; then watch the programs run. As you do, author Zed Shaw shows you how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. .
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The book is accompanied by 5+ hours of video where the author shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises.
Author: Zed Shaw Publisher: Addison Wesley Date: July 2017 Pages: 320 ISBN: 978-0134692883 Print: 0134692888 Kindle: B07378P8W6 Audience: Would-be Python programmers Level: Introductory
- Install a complete Python environment
- Organize and write code
- Fix and break code
- Basic mathematics
- Variables
- Strings and text
- Interact with users
- Work with files
- Looping and logic
- Data structures using lists and dictionaries
- Program design
- Object-oriented programming
- Inheritance and composition
- Modules, classes, and objects
- Python packaging
- Automated testing
- Basic game development
- Basic web development
See Mike Driscoll's review of Learn Python the Hard Way, which is for Python 2.
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