Head First Python 2e

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However there were some informative things in there that most books don't include, which is the only reason it got 2 stars instead of one. The pretty pictures, the repetition and the way context is given continuously make you grock and remember what you read easily.

It concentrates on Flask (a web framework) and use this application through the whole book (more or less).Then you'll move on to building your very own webapp, exploring database management, exception handling, and data wrangling. Other graphics-oriented titles (Visual QuickStart, Manga Guides, etc) pull this off, but not these people. la présentation "head first" rend réellement plus abordable l'acquisition des concepts, même une peu compliqués (ex : "comprehension", "decorators" , "context management class"). The Resources tab contains links to download the sample files, while the Links tab provides a set of weblinks to additional information. With this book, you'll learn Python through a multisensory experience that engages your mind—rather than a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.

My mind is like oatmeal because a newbie programmer cannot learn a robust general-purpose language such as Python in ten days. Paul lectures as part of the academic Computing Department, and has taught for a long time, using Python with all of his class groups for close to fifteen years. This second edition is a complete learning experience that will help you become a bonafide Python programmer in no time. This third edition is a complete learning experience that will help you become a bona fide Python programmer in no time.I understand the need to let the code crash in some cases but from a semantic standpoint the solution to the exercise is wrong. But I knew nothing about python going in and this helped me pick it up relatively easily—would recommend in conjunction with something more up-to-date. Breaking News: App Engine Code Update: As of January 1, 2014, Google App Engine no longer supports webapps based on release 2. Paul lives in Ireland and works at the South East Technological University (SETU), where he is based at the Kilkenny Road Campus in Carlow.

You'll quickly learn the language's fundamentals, then move onto persistence, exception handling, web development, SQLite, data wrangling, and Google App Engine. Do you believe a Python book should cover everything and if it bores the reader to tears in the process then so much the better? Prior to becoming involved in teaching, Paul spent a decade in the IT industry working in Ireland and Canada, with the majority of his work within a healthcare setting. First few chapters provide a strong foundation to the language and moves in to complicated stuff from that point on very quickly.Are you looking for a reference book to Python, one that covers all the details in excruciating detail? The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.