Learn Python the Hard Way

by Zed A. Shaw

You Will Learn Python! Zed Shaw has perfected the world's best system for learning Python. Follow it and you will succeed--just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In Learn Python the Hard Way, Fifth Edition , you'll learn Python by working through 60 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you'll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it--and that will feel great! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll know one of the world's most powerful, popular programming languages. You'll be a Python programmer. This book is perfect for

348 pages, Paperback

Published January 25, 2024

Reviews

[Andrei · Rating 3 out of 5]

I appreciated a book that writes less but compensates for that by pointing the readers to more sources of truth (for example documentation for various libraries) and doing more. It's a good entry-level book.