Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code by Zed Shaw (Mixed Media, 2013)

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You Will Learn Python! Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for learning Python. Follow it and you will succeed-just like the hundreds of thousands of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Python the Hard Way, Third Edition, you'll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you'll learn how software works; what good programs look like; how to read, write, and think about code; and how to find and fix your mistakes using tricks professional programmers use. Most importantly, you'll learn the following, which you need to start writing excellent Python software of your own: Installing a complete Python environment Organizing and writing code Basic mathematics Variables Strings and text Interacting with users Working 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 Debugging Automated testing Basic game development Basic web development It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it-and that will feel great! This tutorial will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll know one of the world's most powerful, popular programming languages. You'll be a Python programmer. Watch Zed, too! The accompanying DVD contains 5+ hours of passionate, powerful teaching: a complete Python video course!

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PublisherPearson Education (Us)
ISBN-139780321884916
eBay Product ID (ePID)200776466

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SubjectComputer Science
Publication Year2013
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameLearn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code
LanguageEnglish
TypeTextbook
AuthorZed Shaw
SeriesZed Shaw's Hard Way Series
FormatMixed Media

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorZed Shaw

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    didn't understand zed's riddles at the beginning (and still don't) and really felt frustrated but now I'm starting to get it.. changed my mind. love this book. definitely not the usual staring at the pages book.

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