Python QuickStart Guide: The Simplified Beginner's Guide to Python Programming Using Hands-On Projects and Real-World Applications

by Robert Oliver

Overview

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Learning Python!
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Learn Why QuickStart Guides are Loved by Over 1 Million Readers Around the World

Learn Python fundamentals that can be used in any programming setting – use the guidance in this book to program your own game in a unique and practical Python learning experience.

The Easiest Way to Learn Python in a Comprehensive, Step-by-Step Guide

From AI and machine learning to video game, app, and web development, Python is a critical behind-the-scenes component of everyday technology.

Python powers the services of household names like Google, Netflix, and Spotify along with tech pioneers like NASA, IBM, and Intel. Put simply, Python is the in-demand and easy-to-learn programming language that gets stuff done.

In Python QuickStart Guide, senior developer and programmer Robert Oliver lays out the quickest and most accessible path yet to the mastery of Python fundamentals.

Written by a Programming Expert with Over 20 Years of Experience

Distilling his experience drawn from over two decades of working with Python and other programming languages, Robert’s clear voice and writing present a practical, hands-on approach that anyone, at any experience level, can use to become a Python programmer.

It doesn’t matter if you are a new or existing programmer, a job seeker looking for a career change or promotion, or just someone who wants to learn how to automate basic tasks with Python—Robert’s step-by-step approach, complete with a hands-on companion Python video game project, is the perfect starting point to master Python fundamentals!

Python QuickStart Guide is Perfect for:

• New or experienced programmers looking to enhance their career opportunities with an in-demand programming language
• Job seekers who want to supercharge their resumes and increase their value in the job marketplace
• Students or recent college grads who have their sights set on a lucrative position in the tech industry
• Full stack developers or programmers who need to round out their programming skills to take on new projects
• Anyone who wants to explore the world of programming, use Python to automate tedious tasks, or enhance their resume and future-proof their skills!

With Python QuickStart Guide, You'll Easily Understand These Crucial Concepts:

• How to Use Python – Practical Examples, Code Snippets, Plus Follow Along to Code Your Own Game!
• Python Fundamentals – How to Use Python for Web Design and Interfacing with GitHub, SQL, and Other Applications
• Object-Oriented Programming Principles – Managing Data, Scripts, Logic, Inputs, Outputs, and More!
• Programming Essentials – Debugging, Producing Clean Code, Best Practices, Time-Savers, and Tips
• Python Next Steps –Testing, Optimization, Speed Improvements, and More!

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636100364
Publisher:	ClydeBank Media LLC
Publication date:	04/24/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	394
File size:	49 MB
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About the Author

Robert W. Oliver II is a senior developer and DevOps consultant with over two decades of experience in the field. A truly full-stack programmer, Robert has architected both front-end and back-end systems and designed algorithms used in technologies operating at scales ranging from small to enterprise. With decades of experience working in Python, PHP, Ruby on Rails, JavaScript, C/C++, Rust, and C#, he is fluent in the languages of programming and system design. 

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Getting to Know Python

Chapter 2: Understanding Python Data Structures

Chapter 3: Controlling Program Flow

Chapter 4: Handling Errors

Chapter 5: Creating Reusable Tasks with Functions

Chapter 6: Classes

Chapter 7: Inheritance and Design Patterns

Chapter 8: Saving Time with Dataclasses

Chapter 9: Reusing Code with Modules and Packages

Chapter 10: Advanced Strings

Chapter 11: Math in Python

Chapter 12: Input and Output

Chapter 13: The Internet

Chapter 14: Debugging Python Code

Chapter 15: Developing Websites

Chapter 16: Interfacing with SQLite

Chapter 17: Test-Driven Development

Chapter 18: Managing Your Code with Git

Chapter 19: The Junk Drawer

Chapter 20: Optimizing Python

Chapter 21: What's Next?

Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

★ 2023-06-15
Oliver offers a comprehensive guide to one of the world’s most important programming languages in this nonfiction work.

As the author points out in this new addition to the excellent QuickStart Guide series, the Python programming language is fundamental to our current world, from Google to Spotify to IBM to wide-reaching governmental systems (he enthusiastically extols Python as “an awesome programming language that lets you do a wide variety of tasks—everything from system utilities to business programs to games to website backends and even artificial intelligence”). Focusing on Version 3 of Python, Oliver presents his readers with a series of demonstrations and hands-on exercises. He starts with the basics—the installation of Python on a computer (not a phone or tablet)—and proceeds from there to outline the basic functions of Python, progressing to advanced functionality, statistics, and internet interaction, always advancing the complexity of Python “expressions.” As with all QuickStart guides, this one comes replete with bullet points, charts, and inset sections, and Oliver also includes increasingly complicated programming exercises for readers to do. He accompanies these exercises with technical commentary about the material he’s chosen to include: “While this is a perfectly acceptable way to handle this issue,” he writes, “it uses more lines and is more complex, so I opted to perform the casting inline.” Cumulatively, this choice to personalize his material emerges as the book’s greatest strength; it accentuates the signature feature of the entire QuickStart series of guides: the detailed approachability that thoroughly explains a subject without condescending to the reader. Oliver’s book is very much not for dummies or complete idiots, and his methodical, step-by-step walk-through is sure to calm the anxieties of entry-level programmers, although it might also shed light on some aspects of Python even for longtime users of the program. Readers looking to deepen their understanding of this ubiquitous programming language will find this book invaluable.

A lively and engaging Python-centered entry in the QuickStart Guide series.

Kirkus Reviews