Learn to Program with Python 3

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Getting Started

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   Pages 1-9

3. Variables and Assignment Statements

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   Pages 11-49

4. Built-in Functions

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   Pages 51-65

5. User-Defined Functions

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   Pages 67-102

6. if, else, and elif Statements

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   Pages 103-141

7. Loops

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   Pages 143-182

8. Lists

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   Pages 183-223

9. Strings

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   Pages 225-243

10. File Input/Output

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    Pages 245-282

11. Internet Data

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    Pages 283-299

12. Data Structures

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    Pages 301-341

13. Where to Go from Here

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    Pages 343-348

14. Back Matter

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Move from zero knowledge of programming to comfortably writing small to medium-sized programs in Python. Fully updated for Python 3, with code and examples throughout, the book explains Python coding with an accessible, step-by-step approach designed to bring you comfortably into the world of software development.

Real–world analogies make the material understandable, with a wide variety of well-documented examples to illustrate each concept.  Along the way, you’ll develop short programs through a series of coding challenges that reinforce the content of the chapters.

Learn to Program with Python 3 guides you with material developed in the author's university computer science courses. The author's conversational style feels like you're working with a personal tutor. All material is thoughtfully laid out, each lesson building on previous ones. 

What You'll Learn  

• Understand programming basics with Python, based on material developed in the author's college courses
• Learn core concepts: variables, functions, conditionals, loops, lists, strings, and more
  
• Explore example programs including simple games you can program and customize
• Build modules to reuse your own code

Who This Book Is For


This book assumes no prior programming experience, and would be appropriate as text for a high school or college introduction to computer science.

• python
• software
• object oriented
• programming
• development
• computer science
• engineering
• game
• examples
• Python 3

• Mountain View, USA

  Irv Kalb

Irv Kalb has a BS and MS in Computer Science, and has worked as a software developer, manager, and as a teacher of software throughout his career. He has worked both as an employee for a number of technical companies and for many years as an independent consultant.  He has been writing technical articles and ebooks about software since 2000, and has been teaching software development in Silicon Valley colleges since 2010.

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