Python for Absolute Beginners: A Practical Introduction to Modern Python with Simple Hands-on Projects

Length: 417 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Coding Books Press
Publication Date: 2021-11-17
ISBN-10: B09M7P9WCZ
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

Python Programming Basics for Beginners

Wanna learn programming? Wanna learn Python? Start from this book!

Python for Absolute Beginners will give you the best introduction to programming in Python whether you are coming from a different programming language background or you are interested in learning programming for the first time. This book covers all the essential features of Modern Python (Python 3.10) through carefully designed code examples.

Python for Absolute Beginners starts from the absolute basics such as how to install the Python tools on your machine, and how to use the Python interactive shell. The book covers all the key concepts of Python 3 with the enough depth to be useful even to the experienced programmers.

Python for Absolute Beginners is rather unique in that, throughout the book, we cover the fundamentals of Python programming while working on a few simple real programming projects. The book also includes a few “lab sessions” with a number of practical exercises, in which the readers can practice real hands-on programming.

Python for Absolute Beginners covers the following topics, among others:

The basic structure of a Python program.
Basic constructs of Python such as expressions and statements.
Simple builtin data types, e.g., as integer, float, bool, and string.
Complex builtin data types, e.g., list, tuple, and dictionary.
Builtin functions and methods, e.g., print, input, type, etc.
Arithmetic and comparison operations.
Variables and assignments.
Loops using `for` and `while`.
Conditional expressions and conditional statements.
The new `match` statement. (New as of 3.10.)
How to define a function using the `def` statement.
How to define a custom type using the `class` statement.
How to create a new enum type.
Basic concepts of recursion.

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Note: This book uses the rock paper scissors game as our example project to cover the basics of programming in Python. We deliberately picked one of the simplest problems so that we can focus on learning programming, and not the other way around. The book primarily uses CLI (terminal programs), not IDEs, to illustrate the software development practice.

Copyright
Preface
About This Series
    Target Audience
Community Support
Introduction
    Modern Python
    Book Organizations
1. Prolog - Let’s Get Started
2. Hello Monty Python
    2.1. The First Step
    2.2. "The Project"
3. Development Environment Setup
    3.1. Command Line Interface (CLI)
    3.2. Python Installation
    3.3. Visual Studio Code
    3.4. Python Extension
    3.5. Test Program
    3.6. How to Run Python Programs
    3.7. Code Review
    3.8. Type Annotations
    3.9. Summary
4. Interactive Tour of Python
    4.1. Python REPL
    4.2. Basic Concepts of Programing
    4.3. Summary
5. Numbers, Strings, and More
    5.1. Starting Python Interactive Session
    5.2. Numbers in Python
    5.3. Builtin type Function
    5.4. Errors
    5.5. Expressions
    5.6. Interactive vs Non-Interactive Modes
    5.7. Builtin print Function
    5.8. None
    5.9. Boolean Expression
    5.10. Dynamic Typing
    5.11. Builtin bool Function
    5.12. Simple and Compound Statements
    5.13. Conditional Statement
    5.14. Strings in Python
    5.15. String Concatenations
    5.16. Ending Python Interactive Session
    5.17. Summary
6. Tuples, Lists, and Some Inspirations
    6.1. Complex Types
    6.2. Tuple Literals
    6.3. Expression List
    6.4. Tuple Type
    6.5. List Literals
    6.6. List Operations
    6.7. "Names" in Python
    6.8. Assignment
    6.9. Slicing
    6.10. Sorting
    6.11. Help!!
    6.12. Inspirations
    6.13. Summary
7. Review - Basics
    7.1. Questions
    7.2. Exercises
    7.3. Interlude
8. Hello Rock Paper Scissors!
    8.1. Working on a Project
    8.2. Let’s Play Rock Paper Scissors
9. Software Design
    9.1. Deconstructing Rock Paper Scissors
    9.2. Tasks
10. Project Setup
    10.1. Workspace
    10.2. Virtual Environment
    10.3. Package Install
    10.4. Source Control System
11. Main Project - Rock Paper Scissors
    11.1. Rock Paper Scissors
    11.2. Import Statement
    11.3. Function Definition
    11.4. Comparison Operators
    11.5. The if Statement
    11.6. Builtin input() Function
    11.7. Variables/Names
    11.8. Rules on Names
    11.9. Naming Conventions
    11.10. Scope
    11.11. String methods
    11.12. The Random Module
    11.13. Boolean Operators
    11.14. Lines in Python
    11.15. Error Handling
    11.16. Putting It All Together
    11.17. Code Review
12. Lab 1 - Expressions and Statements
    12.1. Echo
    12.2. Dice Rolls
    12.3. Is It Positive?
    12.4. To Uppercase
    12.5. Random Letters
    12.6. Random Arithmetic
    12.7. Can I Buy a Vowel?
    12.8. All True or Not
    12.9. Spade, Heart, Diamond, or Clubs
    12.10. Random Suit
    12.11. The Same Suit Or Not
    12.12. Rock Paper Scissors
13. Rock Paper Scissors - The Sequel
    13.1. Python Modules
    13.2. Python Packages
    13.3. Tuple Unpacking
    13.4. Function Definitions
    13.5. Function Definitions with Type Annotations
    13.6. Expression Statements
    13.7. Doc Strings
    13.8. Ellipsis (…)
    13.9. random.choice()
    13.10. Sequence Multiplication
    13.11. f-String Expression
    13.12. Conditional Expression
    13.13. States
    13.14. For Range Loop
    13.15. While Loop
    13.16. Error Handling
    13.17. Putting It All Together
    13.18. Code Review
14. Lab 2 - Functions, Loops, and More
    14.1. Sum
    14.2. Product
    14.3. Filtered Sum
    14.4. Singular vs Plural Nouns
    14.5. Power Operator
    14.6. Tuple Parameter
    14.7. Reverse a List
    14.8. Rock Paper Scissors
    14.9. How Many Rounds?
    14.10. Best of Seven
15. Rock Paper Scissors - The Finale
    15.1. Modules and Packages
    15.2. Backslashes
    15.3. Optional and Union Types
    15.4. Boolean Context
    15.5. Recursion
    15.6. Object Oriented Programming (OOP)
    15.7. Class
    15.8. Class Objects
    15.9. Constructors
    15.10. Class Variables
    15.11. Instance Objects
    15.12. Instance Variables
    15.13. Method Objects
    15.14. Private Members
    15.15. Dunder Attributes
    15.16. Inheritance
    15.17. Polymorphism
    15.18. Truth Values
    15.19. Enum
    15.20. Match statement
    15.21. Dictionary
    15.22. Putting It All Together
    15.23. Code Review
16. Lab 3 - OOP and Other Modern Features
    16.1. Days of the Week
    16.2. I’ll Be Going …
    16.3. Playing Cards
    16.4. Length Function
    16.5. Sum Function
    16.6. Product Function
    16.7. String Length Comparison
    16.8. String Concat Function
    16.9. Multiplication Table
    16.10. Fibonacci Sequence
    16.11. Rock Paper Scissors
17. Final Projects
    17.1. Computer vs Computer
    17.2. How to Prevent Cheating
    17.3. Student Records
    17.4. War (Card Game)
18. Epilog - Let’s Play!
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