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

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

<B> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">You <I>Will </I>Learn Python!</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> </B> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">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. </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">In <B> <I> <B>Learn Python the Hard Way, Third Edition,</B> </I> </B> you'll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code <I>precisely.</I> (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:</P> <UL> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Installing a complete Python environment</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Organizing and writing code</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Basic mathematics</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Variables</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Strings and text</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Interacting with users</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Working with files</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Looping and logic</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Data structures using lists and dictionaries</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Program design</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Object-oriented programming</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Inheritance and composition</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Modules, classes, and objects</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Python packaging</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Debugging</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Automated testing</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Basic game development</DIV> </LI> <LI> <DIV style="MARGIN: 0px">Basic web development</DIV> </LI> </UL> <I> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it-and that will feel great! </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> </I> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">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.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Watch Zed, too! The accompanying DVD contains 5+ hours of passionate, powerful teaching: a complete Python video course!</P>