Python for Beginners (eBook)

With so much information about programming and online coding tutorials out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Python for Beginners fills in the gap and provides a great place to start learning computer programming with Python. Using our bestselling, straightforward, step-by-step, visual approach, you'll learn to:

Download and install the python interpreter

Setup your development environment

Get started with python code and syntax

Use variables

Use data types such as integers, strings, lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries

Use different operators for arithmetic, assignment and Boolean operations

Use selection statements such as if and elif

Use iteration statements such as for and while loops

How to read from and write to files

Create your own functions

Handle program exceptions

Create simple graphic user interfaces using Python tkinter module

Create simple games using the PyGame module.

Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using screen prints, example code, and video demos, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field. If you want to learn to code quickly and easily with Python, this is the guide you need.

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With so much information about programming and online coding tutorials out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Python for Beginners fills in the gap and provides a great place to start learning computer programming with Python. Using our bestselling, straightforward, step-by-step, visual approach, you'll learn to:Download and install the python interpreterSetup your development environmentGet started with python code and syntaxUse variablesUse data types such as integers, strings, lists, tuples, sets, and dictionariesUse different operators for arithmetic, assignment and Boolean operationsUse selection statements such as if and elifUse iteration statements such as for and while loopsHow to read from and write to filesCreate your own functionsHandle program exceptionsCreate simple graphic user interfaces using Python tkinter moduleCreate simple games using the PyGame module.Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using screen prints, example code, and video demos, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field. If you want to learn to code quickly and easily with Python, this is the guide you need.