Python for Beginners

Learn Python Programming (Python 3)

By: Jason Cannon

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eText | 8 October 2018 | Edition Number 1

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Learn Python programming the easy way, complete with examples, quizzes, exercises, and more. Learn Python 2 and Python 3.

Key Features

How to install Python on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
A practical tutorial designed for Python beginners.

Book Description

This course will teach you Python in a practical manner, complete with examples, quizzes, exercises, and more. You will learn when to use Python 2 and Python 3; both versions are covered in the course and you will learn to program in both. You'll learn how to take tedious and repetitious tasks and turn them into programs that will save you time and simplify your life on Linux, UNIX, or MAC systems. You will learn how to prepare your computer for programming in Python; how to work with various data types including strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, Booleans; how to perform mathematical operations using Python, and more.

What you will learn

When to use Python 2 and when to use Python 3.
How to install Python on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
How to prepare your computer for programming in Python.
The various ways to run a Python program on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Suggested text editors and Integrated Development Environments to use when coding in Python.
How to work with various data types including strings, lists, tuples, dictionaries, Booleans, and more.
What variables are and when to use them.
How to perform mathematical operations using Python.
How to capture input from a user.
Ways to control the flow of your programs.
The importance of white space in Python.
How to organize your Python programs: learn what goes where.
What modules are, when you should use them, and how to create your own.
How to define and use functions.
Important built-in Python functions that you ll use often.
How to read from and write to files.
The difference between binary and text files.
Various ways of getting help, including finding Python documentation.

Who this book is for

This course targets anyone interested in Python programming, Python scripting, or computer programming in general; those who want to become a highly paid Python developer; and those who want to open up doors in their IT career by learning one of the world's most popular and in-demand programming languages.