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Python Basics: A beginner Guide to Programming
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ISBN13: 9798257477454
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.34 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 15 2026
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.34 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Have you always wanted to learn programming but never knew where to start?
Python Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Programming is the book that takes you from complete beginner to confident Python programmer - one clear concept at a time.
Python is the world's most popular programming language, used by Google, NASA, Netflix, and Instagram. It is also the friendliest language for beginners. This book shows you exactly why - and gets you writing real, working programs from day one.
Python Basics: A Beginner's Guide to Programming is the book that takes you from complete beginner to confident Python programmer - one clear concept at a time.
Python is the world's most popular programming language, used by Google, NASA, Netflix, and Instagram. It is also the friendliest language for beginners. This book shows you exactly why - and gets you writing real, working programs from day one.
What makes this book different?
Most programming books overwhelm beginners with jargon, skip essential explanations, or jump too fast. This book does the opposite. Every concept is introduced gently, explained in plain English, and illustrated with practical examples you can run immediately. You will never be left wondering why something works - only what to build next.
What you will learn:
Each chapter ends with carefully crafted exercises ranging from warm-up drills to challenging projects. The book also includes a full exercise bank with 40+ problems, three complete worked mini-projects (a To-Do Manager, a Guessing Game, and a Quiz Engine), a comprehensive glossary of 70+ terms, two appendices for quick reference, and a guide to what to learn next.
Your capstone project:
By Chapter 14, you will build a fully functional Contact Book application from scratch - a real program that stores, searches, updates, and deletes contacts, saves data to a file, and handles errors gracefully. This is not a toy exercise. It is working software you can use and extend.
Who this book is for:
- Complete beginners with zero programming experience
- Students taking their first programming course
- Professionals who want to add Python to their skillset
- Anyone who has tried to learn coding before but found other books too difficult
No prior knowledge required. If you can use a computer, you can learn Python - and this book will show you how.
Most programming books overwhelm beginners with jargon, skip essential explanations, or jump too fast. This book does the opposite. Every concept is introduced gently, explained in plain English, and illustrated with practical examples you can run immediately. You will never be left wondering why something works - only what to build next.
What you will learn:
- How Python works and how to set it up on Windows, macOS, or Linux
- Variables, data types, strings, and numbers - the building blocks of every program
- How to get input from users and display formatted output
- Make decisions with conditionals and repeat actions with loops
- Write clean, reusable code with functions
- Work with lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets
- Read and write files - making your programs save data permanently
- Handle errors gracefully so your programs never crash unexpectedly
- Use Python's powerful standard library and third-party packages
- An introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
- Professional patterns used by working developers
Each chapter ends with carefully crafted exercises ranging from warm-up drills to challenging projects. The book also includes a full exercise bank with 40+ problems, three complete worked mini-projects (a To-Do Manager, a Guessing Game, and a Quiz Engine), a comprehensive glossary of 70+ terms, two appendices for quick reference, and a guide to what to learn next.
Your capstone project:
By Chapter 14, you will build a fully functional Contact Book application from scratch - a real program that stores, searches, updates, and deletes contacts, saves data to a file, and handles errors gracefully. This is not a toy exercise. It is working software you can use and extend.
Who this book is for:
- Complete beginners with zero programming experience
- Students taking their first programming course
- Professionals who want to add Python to their skillset
- Anyone who has tried to learn coding before but found other books too difficult
No prior knowledge required. If you can use a computer, you can learn Python - and this book will show you how.
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