Learn Python Programming, Fourth Edition: A Comprehensive, Up-to-Date, and Definitive Guide to Learning Python

Welcome to Packt Early Access. We’re giving you an exclusive preview of this book before it goes on sale. It can take many months to write a book, but our authors have cutting-edge information to share with you today. Early Access gives you an insight into the latest developments by making chapter drafts available. The chapters may be a little rough around the edges right now, but our authors will update them over time.

You can dip in and out of this book or follow along from start to finish; Early Access is designed to be flexible. We hope you enjoy getting to know more about the process of writing a Packt book.

1. Chapter 1: A Gentle Introduction to Python
2. Chapter 2: Built In Data Types
3. Chapter 3: Conditionals and Iterations
4. Chapter 4: Functions, the Building Blocks of Code
5. Chapter 5: Comprehensions and Generators
6. Chapter 6: OOP, Decorators, and Iterators
7. Chapter 7: Exceptions and Context Managers
8. Chapter 8: Files and Data Persistence
9. Chapter 9: Cryptography and Tokens
10. Chapter 10: Testing
11. Chapter 11: Debugging and Profiling
12. Chapter 12: Introduction to Type Hinting
13. Chapter 13: Data Science in Brief
14. Chapter 14: Introduction to API development
15. Chapter 15: CLI Applications
16. Chapter 16: Packaging Python Applications
17. Chapter 17: Solving Advent of Code with Python (Appendix)