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    Python: For Beginners A Crash Course Guide To Learn Python in 1 Week
    Python: For Beginners A Crash Course Guide To Learn Python in 1 Week
    Python: For Beginners A Crash Course Guide To Learn Python in 1 Week
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    Python: For Beginners A Crash Course Guide To Learn Python in 1 Week

    By Timothy C. Needham

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     Become a Python Programming Expert With Ease! 

    Python is a simple yet powerful programming language that can enable you to start thinking like a programmer right from the beginning. It is very readable and the stress many beginners face about memorizing arcane syntax typically presented by other programming languages will not affect you at all. Conversely, you will be able to concentrate on learning concepts and paradigms of programming. 

    This book shall introduce you to an easy way to learn Python in just 7 days and in this time, be able to complete your own projects! By reading the book and implementing what you learn herein, you will realize just why major institutions like NASA, Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, Dropbox, IBM, Facebook and many others prefer to use python in their core products, services and business processes. Let's begin.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhiteFlowerPublsihing
    Release dateSep 2, 2020
    ISBN9781386141044

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    Readers find this title to be a helpful and recommended book for beginners who want to learn Python. It provides a basic overview and introduction to Python programming. Some reviewers mentioned that it may not be useful for those already familiar with programming concepts, but overall, it is a great resource for beginners. The sample code formatting could be improved, but it is still understandable. Overall, this book is highly recommended for those who know nothing about programming and want to learn Python.

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    • 4/5

      Feb 9, 2020

      I understand .NET, Java, and PHP codes. Reading this book give me basic understanding how the Phyton code works. The sample code formatting is a bit inconsistent, though still understandable.

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    • 5/5

      Jun 24, 2019

      This book covers the basics of python and it's really helpful for the beginner.

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    • 5/5

      Apr 23, 2019

      good basic overview to get started and introduction to python

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    • 5/5

      Jan 1, 2019

      great intro to python programming for a beginner...highly recommended book if you know nothing about programming....thanks
    • 1/5

      Oct 10, 2019

      Useless for beginners as it doesn't explain the concept of programming and useless for those how is familiar with programming and wants to know python as it doesn't explain anything beyond basic programming concepts, which are the same in most languages.

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    Python - Timothy C. Needham

    Python for Beginners

    A Crash Course Guide to Learn Python in 1 Week

    by

    Timothy C. Needham

    Copyright 2020 - All Rights Reserved

    Timothy C.  Needham

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    ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form whatsoever, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any informational storage or retrieval system without express written, dated and signed permission from the author.

    Table of Contents

    Python for Beginners

    A Crash Course Guide to Learn Python in 1 Week

    Introduction

    Chapter 1: Python: A Comprehensive Background

    Associations that Use Python

    Chapter 2: How to Download and Install Python

    The Python Environmental Variables to Note

    Chapter 3: Python Glossary

    Chapter 4: Interacting with Python

    How to Open a Console in Linux

    How to Open a Console on Windows

    Starting and Interacting With Python

    Chapter 5: Using Turtle for a Simple Drawing

    Chapter 6: Variables

    Chapter 7: Loops

    Chapter 8: Native Python Datatypes

    1: Python Strings

    Python String Formatting

    Formatting Strings Using the Format () Method

    The Common Python String Methods

    2: Python Lists

    How to Remove or Delete List Elements

    The Python List Methods

    Creating Lists Elegantly Through List Comprehension

    Chapter 9: Python Dictionaries

    How to Access Elements of the Dictionary

    Modifying Dictionaries

    Chapter 10: Boolean Logic and Conditional Statements

    Boolean Operators for ‘Flow Control’

    Conditional Statements: If and Else Statements

    Nested if Statements

    Chapter 11: Constructing ‘While’ Loops In Python

    Chapter 12: Constructing ‘For Loops’ In Python Programming

    Using Range () In For Loops

    Using Sequential Data Types In For Loops

    The Nested For Loops

    Chapter 13: Constructing Classes and Defining Objects

    Conclusion

    Did You Enjoy This Book?

    Introduction

    Thank you for downloading this book.

    The book has lots of actionable information that will get you started on the journey to becoming a pro at python programming.

    Without doubt, code is the language of the future. Think about it, with the ever growing dependency on computers, one of the most critical things that anyone in the world today can learn is how to speak to computers in a language that they understand and have them do anything that you want to do. This skill is one whose demand is increasing at an increasing rate the world over. Whether you want to learn code to pursue a career as a programmer, web developer or graphics designer or want to learn code to be able to develop your own web applications and other computerized systems, the one thing you need to do is to start somewhere. What better place to start than to learn python?

    Python is a simple yet powerful programming language that can enable you to start thinking like a programmer right from the beginning. It is very readable and the stress many beginners face about memorizing arcane syntax typically presented by other programming languages will not affect you at all. Conversely, you will be able to concentrate on learning concepts and paradigms of programming.

    This book shall introduce you to an easy way to learn Python in just 7 days and in this time, be able to complete your own projects! By reading the book and implementing what you learn herein, you will realize just why major institutions like NASA, Google, Mozilla, Yahoo, Dropbox, IBM, Facebook and many others prefer to use python in their core products, services and business processes. Let’s begin.

    Thanks again for downloading this book. I hope you enjoy it!

    Before we can get to a point of learning the ins and outs of python programming, let’s start by building an understanding of what python programming is and what it is about.

    Chapter 1: Python: A Comprehensive Background

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    Before we discuss Python programming, especially what python is, let me briefly say something about programming. 

    Being a good programmer does not simply entail just knowing a vast array of programming languages or how to code fast programs. Instead, it is about:

    Comprehending a problem abstractly and being able to change it into code.

    Looking for new ways to tackle, for instance, a scientific problem and knowing the kind of tools to use.

    Being able to fix a program when it is not working

    Writing a program that is quick enough, not the quickest possible

    Writing a program that other people can understand in a short period of time

    Take note of the last point: Reproducible research and open science is becoming the norm in some research fields. This means that other people will probably have to read your code, understand exactly what you are doing and be able to recreate the code so that they can run it themselves.

    By the end of this book therefore, we will not only be interested in the correctness of your solutions; we shall also look at whether we can understand how the program you create solves the problem.

    This is to mean that you should always write your codes assuming that someone else will read it.

    Let’s go back to understanding python, the programming language of the future.

    What Is Python?

    In its simplest terms, python is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, and interpreted programming language that gives programmers the ability to use various styles of programming to create complex or simple programs, get results faster, and write code in a way that resembles human language (explanation below).

    Python is the programming language often used to create algorithms for sorting and analyzing chunks of data that businesses and organizations from all over the world collect.

    The explanation above brings about some very interesting points about python:

    It’s a high level language

    Python is a high-level language. This means the code you type to build a program is more like a

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