I have six books from this company now, three on Linux and three on Python. All are excellent additions to any library. The material they present continues to be easy to understand with every new book I buy from them. Coding is NOT easy, there's a lot of stuff to learn and tons that you've got to commit to memory. These books make the process enjoyable, and they use practical examples that make it a lot easier to understand things like the flow of logic within statements.
Allow me to give a little context: I started with computers in the 80's when I was a kid. BASIC was all I had access to, fun, but not a great start. My first PC came along and I learned DOS, despite the mostly crappy documentation. Linux came along at the end of the 90's and, while it was a great OS back then, documentation held it back on the desktop. Best I could do was get it to boot, so Windows was the only choice for a couple decades.
Flash forward to the present, and I've ditched Windows completely, picked up a couple books (I don't yet own a book on Linux NOT published by No Starch) and I do better now with Linux than I ever did with Windows. Linux documentation quality is also light-years beyond what it was in the 90's, too. I spent a month on Mint and went straight to Arch. Things have changed THAT much.
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Python for Kids, 2nd Edition by Jason Briggs
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Python Crash Course, 3rd Edition by Eric Matthes
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Automate the Boring Stuff 2nd edition by Al Sweigart
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Dead Simple Python by Jason C McDonald
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Beyond the Basic Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart
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Object-Oriented Python by Irv Kalb
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| Price | EUR 15.73 | EUR 23.70 | EUR 27.97 | EUR 36.32 | EUR 30.57 | EUR 27.68 |
| User experience level | Beginner | Beginner | Beginner | Beginners with prior programming experience | Intermediate | Intermediate |
| For readers who want | A gentle, kid-friendly introduction to Python | A fast-paced, thorough introduction to Python | A practical guide to using Python for automating tedious tasks | A thorough introduction to Python for existing programmers | Bridges the gap between novice and professional | Learn how to write powerful, efficient, and re-usable code. |
| Compatible with Python version | Python 3 | Python 3 | Python 3 | Python 3 | Python 3.6 and higher | Python 3 |
| Special features | Kid-friendly, full-color code and illustrations | Covers Django, matplotlib and plotly, and pygame | Covers working with files en masse, automating emails and texts, scraping the web, and more | Covers syntax basics, functions, parallelism and debugging | Covers decorators, generators, context managers, testing, and web development | Covers modeling, pygame, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, and encapsulation |
| Page count | 368 pages | 552 pages | 592 pages | 752 pages | 384 pages | 416 pages |
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Customers find the book well-written and easy to understand, particularly appreciating its simple-to-follow projects and clear explanations, especially in the regex section. Moreover, they consider it an excellent guide for beginners after Python Crash Course, with one customer noting it's better than googling for information. Additionally, the book receives positive feedback for its content, with one customer highlighting how it provides a great foundation for each topic. However, the code quality receives mixed reviews, with one customer reporting issues with code blocks not lining up properly.
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46 customers mention content, 44 positive, 2 negative
...The book is well-written and helpful. There are myriad chapters on interesting and helpful topics.Read more
...The code examples and quizzes are very useful and practical, such as how to find information using Regular Expressions, send text messages with...Read more
...lot of ground and I was totally impressed and found it very fun and educational....Read more
This isn't my first Python book and I find it very useful to get down to the simply use of writing and understanding functional code....Read more
39 customers mention ease of understanding, 30 positive, 9 negative
The author does a great job of presenting the python language in an easy to read and approchable manner....Read more
...The material they present continues to be easy to understand with every new book I buy from them....Read more
...This book is very easy to understand. Al clearly explained how stuff work on different operating systems such as windows, Mac , and linux.Read more
Didn’t like the layout of information given. Complex, not simple, and the prose and voice was difficult to understand....Read more
33 customers mention book content, 33 positive, 0 negative
Great book! Really helpful, I’m learning much more than from the courses I took for python. Would definitely recommend to anyone!Read more
...Overall good book just wished it was better organized for the “beginner”Read more
This is a very good text book. Very easy to follow.Read more
...to my small collection of Python books, and I am sure it will be a very good book, because this is not my first book for the same author...Read more
25 customers mention explains well, 21 positive, 4 negative
I like this man's work a lot. He explains things clearly, but there is much information....Read more
...Almost half of the book I have finished. The author explains very well and You can actually use his example in python and test them....Read more
Great content.Read more
The author has the ability to explain things in a way which easily for new beginners to understand....Read more
23 customers mention python knowledge, 21 positive, 2 negative
Great for beginners, great overall overview. I am self-taught with Python and this book is the perfect guide for me whenever I get stuck....Read more
Al is simply the best Python instructor. Please do a new Pygame book.Read more
Great book for beginnersRead more
This book is intended for beginners, and really breaks down python in a very approachable manner....Read more
10 customers mention enjoyment, 9 positive, 1 negative
I'm several chapters in and enjoying the book. It's clear and has an approachable tone that's really nice....Read more
A thorough and entertaining introduction to the world of computer programming.Read more
...It is chocked full of awesome, practical use cases, really interesting and useful things you can do right now with a very little bit of Python know-...Read more
...It's a great book that is both informative and fun. I highly recommend!Read more
7 customers mention writing quality, 6 positive, 1 negative
I bought this book to kill time during the Covid lockdown. It is well written and easy to follow but there is a problem with the digital version....Read more
...The book is well-written and helpful. There are myriad chapters on interesting and helpful topics.Read more
I really appreciate this book. It is very helpful and well written....Read more
Using this for class and i love how it's easy and well written outRead more
7 customers mention code quality, 1 positive, 6 negative
...Unfortunately, the examples are not good....Read more
...Anyhow, it is OK so far, but there are issues with the execution.Read more
...Many of coding examples are inefficient (which, to the author's credit, he acknowledges), and while the code might run, it's not going to be pretty....Read more
...I was getting a lot of programming errors for having improper indentation. Viewing the code on the author's website straightened me out....Read more
I am sure it will be a very good book
Add this book to my small collection of Python books, and I am sure it will be a very good book, because this is not my first book for the same author (Al Sweigart), I have one more else, +the author provides all his books for free reading in the net, +there is an Udemy video course for this book by him. Hoping good reading, practicing, time with this book.
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JohanReviewed in Sweden on February 11, 2024
Introduktion till Python för alla dvs för icke programmerare
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Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - Vinod.KochiReviewed in India on March 16, 2021
Automate the boring stuff with Python 2nd edition.. Excellent quality Book..
Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase - SeanReviewed in the United Kingdom on February 5, 2023
Awesome book for moving from basic to intermediate Python skills
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