Python in easy steps

A super book for beginning programmers. I'm running a Python Bootcamp next week, and this book will be a great supplement to the online course.

I purchased several Python programming books, including the popular Head First book. However, for quick learning, this one is the best. There's compact explanations and simple examples of a topic and then they move on. On the other hand, the Head First Python book goes into great detail, discusses every nuance, and presents long examples for every topic. They both are very good but, for me, I would suggest starting with this book and getting a good overview of everything. Then, go to another book if you want more details.

The material is easy to follow along and makes it easier than the "for dummy" books.

This is a short text on Python for beginners. Very readable and well written. Not for pros, but a very good brief text if you are just starting out with Python.

This is a great book to learn Python. It takes a complex subject and makes it easy and fun. I wish I bought this book 20 years ago.

Happy

I really enjoyed this basic intro to Python, the illustrations and examples were super helpful to understand the basics.

I bought this for my son, who’s English is his second language. I bought it due to the claim of being plain English, but it’s not. It isn’t written as simply as it could be.

Easy to understand

This book is just so wonderfully put together, I'll be looking for more titles in this series. The only negative is that it's not got a ton of info packed into it but, then again, it's a low-cost book, light in the hands and presents the info it does have in really aesthetically pleasing, colorful small pages. The graphics are beautiful and the colors keep me awake. It's not one of those monochrome tomes. It's very portable, bigger than a pocket book but not nearly a full sized book either. Great for taking along to appointments and traffic jams. I haven't gotten through a lot of it but it's obviously an introductory book for beginners and really hits the spot for me.

Good for beginners with illustration and explanations!

This book takes you through the basics of Python: How to download and install, first code, integers, loops, file read/write, etc right up to a tkinter windows application. The steps are set out logically. The code is introduced in a really logical way. There were a few times that I thought “I’d really like to do this beyond what’s in the text”, done some research online, done a few extra steps then turned the page and there is the same stuff. So it’s done in a way which means that following the book will really help you improve. I’d recommend using Jupyter Notebook (free) to do the code and write notes, but you can do the coding using notepad or idle. Sounds gibberish? Get the book and you’ll know all this in no time. A perfect primer for Python performance. Once you understand the basics, you’ll easily be at ChatGPT coder level.

I really enjoyed working through this book. It goes through all the essential things, including CGI scripting, building interfaces and even freezing your own application to make it ready for distribution. The examples are very well understandable. I'm looking forward to my next book from this series!