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Intro To Python Programming: Beginners Guide Series
Author(s): John Elder (Author)
- Publisher: Codemy.com
- Publication Date: March 16, 2022
- Language: English
- Print length: 157 pages
- ISBN-10: B09VDRSKB7
- ISBN-13: 9798985965407
Book Description
Learning Python has never been this fast and easy, or fun! Veteran Codemy.com programmer John Elder walks you step by step through the ins and outs of Python Programming. Written for the absolute beginner, you don’t need any programming experience to dive in and get started with this book. Follow along as John teaches you to set up a development environment and write your first program. You’ll learn about Variables, Math, IF/ELSE Statements, Lists, Dictionaries, Loops, Functions and much more. By the end, you’ll be well on your way to becoming a professional Python coder! Build on your skills with practice exercises at the end of each chapter and build a math flashcard game using all the skills you’ve learned throughout the book. It really is this easy to learn Python!
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This easy to follow guide is aimed at teaching the absolute beginner the ins and outs of programming with Python.
– How to Set up a Python Development Environment for Free
– How to Create a Python File
– How To Print To The Screen
– How To Deal With Errors
– How To Use Comments Fun With Math, Variables, and Inputs
– Basic Math Operators
– Integers vs. Strings
– Integers and Floats
– Inline Math
– Comparison Operators
– Variables
– Math with Variables
– String to Integer
– Adding Strings
– Multiplying Strings
– Assignment Operators
– Getting User Input
– Getting Numbers As User Input
Basic Programming Concepts In Python
– Basic IF/ELSE Statements
– IF/ELIF
– Multiple Conditionals (and, or)
– String Manipulation
– lower, upper, capitalize, title, swapcase, len, rstrip
– How To Build A Choose Your Own Adventure Game
More Intermediate Programming Concepts With Python
– Lists
– Creating a List
– Lists Start With Zero!
– Putting Numbers and Variables Into Lists
– Another Way To Create a List
– Adding Things to Lists Later On
– Removing Items From a List
– Multi-Demensional Lists
– Loops
– What Is A Loop?
– While Loops
– Infinite Loop Problems!
– For Loops
– How To Build A Fizz/Buzz Game
And More Advanced Programming Concepts
– Functions
– Creating a Function
– Calling a Function
– Passing Things Into A Function
– Fizz/Buzz Using Functions
– Returning True or False
– Passing More Than One Argument To A Function
– Using Default Arguments In A Function
– Dictionaries
– Dictionaries vs. Lists
– Dictionary Keys and Values
– Calling a Value From A Dictionary
– Adding And Removing Items From A Dictionary
– Odds and Ends
– Alternate Ways To Write A Dictionary
– When to Use A Dictionary vs. A List
– Generating and Using Random Numbers
You’ll learn…
How To Get Started With Python– How to Set up a Python Development Environment for Free
– How to Create a Python File
– How To Print To The Screen
– How To Deal With Errors
– How To Use Comments Fun With Math, Variables, and Inputs
– Basic Math Operators
– Integers vs. Strings
– Integers and Floats
– Inline Math
– Comparison Operators
– Variables
– Math with Variables
– String to Integer
– Adding Strings
– Multiplying Strings
– Assignment Operators
– Getting User Input
– Getting Numbers As User Input
Basic Programming Concepts In Python
– Basic IF/ELSE Statements
– IF/ELIF
– Multiple Conditionals (and, or)
– String Manipulation
– lower, upper, capitalize, title, swapcase, len, rstrip
– How To Build A Choose Your Own Adventure Game
More Intermediate Programming Concepts With Python
– Lists
– Creating a List
– Lists Start With Zero!
– Putting Numbers and Variables Into Lists
– Another Way To Create a List
– Adding Things to Lists Later On
– Removing Items From a List
– Multi-Demensional Lists
– Loops
– What Is A Loop?
– While Loops
– Infinite Loop Problems!
– For Loops
– How To Build A Fizz/Buzz Game
And More Advanced Programming Concepts
– Functions
– Creating a Function
– Calling a Function
– Passing Things Into A Function
– Fizz/Buzz Using Functions
– Returning True or False
– Passing More Than One Argument To A Function
– Using Default Arguments In A Function
– Dictionaries
– Dictionaries vs. Lists
– Dictionary Keys and Values
– Calling a Value From A Dictionary
– Adding And Removing Items From A Dictionary
– Odds and Ends
– Alternate Ways To Write A Dictionary
– When to Use A Dictionary vs. A List
– Generating and Using Random Numbers
We’ll use everything you learn throughout the book to build a cool Math Flashcard game, with different cards for Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division.
You’ll be surprised just how fast and easy it is to learn Python with this popular book.
About the Author
John Elder is one of the original pioneers of Internet Marketing. He created one of the earliest Internet advertising networks back in 1997 and sold it to a publicly traded company at the height of the first dot com boom and then went on to create the best-selling Submission-Spider search engine submission software that’s been used by over 3 million individuals and small businesses in over 45 countries.
John founded
Codemy.com an online interactive school that teaches people to code using a unique blend of video courses and hands-on help. He’s taught millions of students Python, Ruby, Javascript, Django, Flask, Ruby on Rails, PHP, HTML and CSS, MySQL, Postgres, SQLITE, Tkinter, PyQT5, and more…John graduated with honors with a degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis where he was an artsci scholar. You can contact him at
JohnElder.com
