Python Crash Course is the world’s bestselling programming book, with over 1,500,000 copies sold to date!
Python Crash Course is the world’s best-selling guide to the Python programming language. This fast-paced, thorough introduction will have you writing programs, solving problems, and developing functioning applications in no time.
You’ll start by learning basic programming concepts, such as variables, lists, classes, and loops, and practice writing clean code with exercises for each topic. You’ll also learn how to make your programs interactive and test your code safely before adding it to a project. You’ll put your new knowledge into practice by creating a Space Invaders–inspired arcade game, building a set of data visualizations with Python’s handy libraries, and deploying a simple application online.
As you work through the book, you’ll learn how to:
- Use powerful Python libraries and tools, including pytest, Pygame, Matplotlib, Plotly, and Django
- Make increasingly complex 2D games that respond to keypresses and mouse clicks
- Generate interactive data visualizations using a variety of datasets
- Build apps that allow users to create accounts and manage their own data, and deploy your apps online
- Troubleshoot coding errors and solve common programming problems
New to this edition: This third edition is completely revised to reflect the latest in Python code. New and updated coverage includes VS Code for text editing, the pathlib module for file handling, pytest for testing your code, as well as the latest features of Matplotlib, Plotly, and Django.
If you’ve been thinking about digging into programming, Python Crash Course will provide you with the skills to write real programs fast. Why wait any longer? Start your engines and code!
Roger Kelly –
Great book
Great book on Python.
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John Cyr –
Best Python book I own.
I have 5 books on how to learn Python for beginners. This is the best one. It is very organized and laid out well for learning like a class room course would be. Easy to follow along and do the programming while reading the book. Well worth it to buy, in my opinion.
7 people found this helpful
Alexandra –
Buen libro
Buen libro introductorio, llegó en buen estado.
Amazon Customer –
Just a few pages in
And I already love it. The way it’s written is amazing. Easily understandable and clear. I thought I was a beginner but the first few chapters I am already familiar but I will read over them and am shocked by how well the book explains python concepts and setting up your environment. It would have been extremely useful when I was starting out from scratch. Can’t wait to start those projects!
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aric –
Great book
I am using this for college and thise blows the college book away in value
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Thomas Mohan –
Excellent way to learn Python
This book is clearly written and easy to follow. I had fun learning Python following this book.
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JIN –
Having Fun Learning this book.
Great book to learn. Its challenging and engaging. Some elements are hard to learn at first, but everytually things start to make sense after a few minutes of struggle… Thats the process of learning. Its challenging and rewarding at the end. I recommend this book if you want to learn to code so you can learn more advance coding later.
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Jayy –
easy for beginner
nice book for beginner
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Amazon Customer –
Excelent
All of the explanations are so good
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Francisco Coutinho –
It teaches you how to code from the begining
The book is good. The only thing I did not like was that he uses as IDE VS code instead of IDLE which comes with Python.This is a minor point
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