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Python crash course : a hands-on, project-based introduction to programming /

By: Matthes, Eric, 1972-.
Contributor(s): Love, Kenneth [technical reviewer.].
Publisher: San Francisco : No Starch Press, 2016Description: 525 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text | text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781593276034; 9781593276034:; 1593276036.Subject(s): Python (Computer program language) | Python | Computer programmingDDC classification: 005.133
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Variables and simple data types -- Introducing lists -- Working with lists -- If statements -- Dictionaries -- User input and while loops -- Functions -- Classes -- Files and exceptions -- Testing your code -- A ship that fires bullets -- Aliens! -- Scoring -- Generating data -- Downloading data -- Working with APIs -- Getting started with Django -- User accounts -- Styling and deploying an app -- Afterword --Appendix A : installing Python -- Appendix B : text editors -- Appendix C : getting help -- Appendix D : using Git for version control.
Summary: "A project-based introduction to programming in Python, with exercises. Covers general programming concepts, Python fundamentals, and problem solving. Includes three projects - how to create a simple video game, use data visualization techniques to make graphs and charts, and build an interactive web application"--Summary: Python is the most popular programming language for beginners because it's fun, powerful, and easy to learn. So why should your introductory Python book be long and tedious? 'Python Crash Course' gets you up and running with Python, teaching you the basics quickly so that you can solve problems, make things, and do cool stuff. Each chapter explains a new programming concept and includes a set of exercises to help reinforce your new knowledge.
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Getting started -- Variables and simple data types -- Introducing lists -- Working with lists -- If statements -- Dictionaries -- User input and while loops -- Functions -- Classes -- Files and exceptions -- Testing your code -- A ship that fires bullets -- Aliens! -- Scoring -- Generating data -- Downloading data -- Working with APIs -- Getting started with Django -- User accounts -- Styling and deploying an app -- Afterword --Appendix A : installing Python -- Appendix B : text editors -- Appendix C : getting help -- Appendix D : using Git for version control.

"A project-based introduction to programming in Python, with exercises. Covers general programming concepts, Python fundamentals, and problem solving. Includes three projects - how to create a simple video game, use data visualization techniques to make graphs and charts, and build an interactive web application"--

Python is the most popular programming language for beginners because it's fun, powerful, and easy to learn. So why should your introductory Python book be long and tedious? 'Python Crash Course' gets you up and running with Python, teaching you the basics quickly so that you can solve problems, make things, and do cool stuff. Each chapter explains a new programming concept and includes a set of exercises to help reinforce your new knowledge.

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