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Extensively revised with richer examples, Python 3.9 syntax, and new chapters on APIs and packaging and distributing Python code

Discover how to think like a Python programmer

Learn the fundamentals of Python through real-world projects in API development, GUI programming, and data science

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Learn Python Programming, Third Edition is both a theoretical and practical introduction to Python, an extremely flexible and powerful programming language that can be applied to many disciplines. This book will make learning Python easy and give you a thorough understanding of the language. You'll learn how to write programs, build modern APIs, and work with data by using renowned Python data science libraries. This revised edition covers the latest updates on API management, packaging applications, and testing. There is also broader coverage of context managers and an updated data science chapter. The book empowers you to take ownership of writing your software and become independent in fetching the resources you need. You will have a clear idea of where to go and how to build on what you have learned from the book. Through examples, the book explores a wide range of applications and concludes by building real-world Python projects based on the concepts you have learned.

What you will learn

Get Python up and running on Windows, Mac, and Linux

Write elegant, reusable, and efficient code in any situation

Avoid common pitfalls like duplication, complicated design, and over-engineering

Understand when to use the functional or object-oriented approach to programming

Build a simple API with FastAPI and program GUI applications with Tkinter

Get an initial overview of more complex topics such as data persistence and cryptography

Fetch, clean, and manipulate data, making efficient use of Python's built-in data structures

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H Riz Jan 15, 2022

This book leverages the art of learning programming for all from beginners to advanced level. Mostly, I like the flow of the contents given in this book. It takes you gradually to the next step and you grab lots of hands on experience by completing the tasks given in the book. It has extensive information on almost all data structures used in Python including but not limited to; data types, variables, lists, sets, dictionaries, functions, loops, conditional structures, decorators, OOP, working with files, API development, data science related packages etc. I would say this book is a must have artifact in your portfolio if you want to grow your career in programming, data science, cloud services and so on. If you have some experience working in Python 2, you can easily adopt Python 3 by using useful techniques given in this book. A perfect book which can take you from beginners to expert level because it encourages you to gain experience while working on the problem sets, labs, activities from real world.

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Vedant Khandelwal Nov 23, 2021

This book emphasizes more on the fundamentals and advancements of programming and then Python. The book seems to be a vast bank of ample information for each concept. The authors have even provided external sources if one wants to read more on a particular topic. It in a way motivates readers to dig deeper on the web and google as much sources as possible if required. The book is designed in such a way that will keep it evergreen for a really long time. In a way, you can say that it would be unaffected by at least a few Python updates.The code is available for readers to download, and the authors encourage you to play with it, expand it, change it, break it, and see things for yourself.

Sanket Agrawal Nov 21, 2021

This book gives an in-depth knowledge of python and is a must for both beginners and advance programmers as it starts with basics of python and then slowly explores the advanced topics in python. This book provides examples, and codes, which makes it easier for beginners to learn the language. The language used in the book is really simple hence it is easy to grasp everything. I love this book and would recommend it to all the people who want to learn python. I felt this book is enough to learn python.

Muhammad Anwar Shahid Jan 12, 2022

This book leverages the art of learning programming for all from beginners to advanced levels. Mostly, I like the flow of the contents given in this book. It takes you gradually to the next step and you grab lots of hands-on experience by completing the tasks given in the book. It has extensive information on almost all data structures used in Python including but not limited to; data types, variables, lists, sets, dictionaries, functions, loops, conditional structures, decorators, OOP, working with files, API development, data science related packages, etc. I would say this book is a must have an artifact in your portfolio if you want to grow your career in programming, data science, cloud services and so on. If you have some experience working in Python 2, you can easily adapt Python 3 by using the useful techniques given in this book. A perfect book that can take you from beginners to expert level because it encourages you to gain experience while working on the problem sets, labs, activities from the real world.

Learn Python Programming, 3rd edition: An in-depth introduction to the fundamentals of Python , Third Edition

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