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Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code(Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)

Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code(Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)


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You Will Learn Python 3! Zed Shaw has perfected the world’s best system for learning Python 3. Follow it and you will succeed—just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Python 3 the Hard Way, 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 a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. Zed then teaches you even more in 5+ hours of video where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises. 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 It’ll be hard at first. But soon, you’ll just get it—and that will feel great! This course 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. This Book Is Perfect For Total beginners with zero programming experience Junior developers who know one or two languages Returning professionals who haven’t written code in years Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python 3

Table of Contents:
Exercise 0: The Setup Exercise 1: A Good First Program Exercise 2: Comments and Pound Characters Exercise 3: Numbers and Math Exercise 4: Variables and Names Exercise 5: More Variables and Printing Exercise 6: Strings and Text Exercise 7: More Printing Exercise 8: Printing, Printing Exercise 9: Printing, Printing, Printing Exercise 10: What Was That? Exercise 11: Asking Questions Exercise 12: Prompting People Exercise 13: Parameters, Unpacking, Variables Exercise 14: Prompting and Passing Exercise 15: Reading Files Exercise 16: Reading and Writing Files Exercise 17: More Files Exercise 18: Names, Variables, Code, Functions Exercise 19: Functions and Variables Exercise 20: Functions and Files Exercise 21: Functions Can Return Something Exercise 22: What Do You Know So Far? Exercise 23: Read Some Code Exercise 24: More Practice Exercise 25: Even More Practice Exercise 26: Congratulations, Take a Test! Exercise 27: Memorizing Logic Exercise 28: Boolean Practice Exercise 29: What If Exercise 30: Else and If Exercise 31: Making Decisions Exercise 32: Loops and Lists Exercise 33: While-Loops Exercise 34: Accessing Elements of Lists Exercise 35: Branches and Functions Exercise 36: Designing and Debugging Exercise 37: Symbol Review Exercise 38: Doing Things to Lists Exercise 39: Dictionaries, Oh Lovely Dictionaries Exercise 40: Modules, Classes, and Objects Exercise 41: Learning to Speak Object Oriented Exercise 42: Is-A, Has-A, Objects, and Classes Exercise 43: Basic Object-Oriented Analysis and Design Exercise 44: Inheritance vs. Composition Exercise 45: You Make a Game Exercise 46: A Project Skeleton

About the Author :
Zed A. Shaw is the author of the popular books Learn Python the Hard Way, Learn Ruby the Hard Way, and Learn C the Hard Way. He is also the creator of several open source software projects like Mongrel, Lamson, Mongrel2, and has been programming and writing for nearly 20 years.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780134692883
  • Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
  • Publisher Imprint: Addison Wesley
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 320
  • Series Title: Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series
  • Sub Title: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code
  • Width: 175 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0134692888
  • Publisher Date: 25 Jul 2017
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 18 mm
  • Weight: 520 gr


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