Python: The Python Quickstart Guide - The Ultimate Guide to Python Programming Paperback – December 6, 2016

What I liked most about this book, is that it is very comprehensive and easy going. It contains every single detail of programming. I thought this would be another encrypted and dilatory book about programming which I naturally would find very hard to read. But that was not the case. Anyone interested in programming, be it ANYONE literally, can easily understand this guide of programming and start programming as well. As for the beginners, the trouble of wandering around for solid basics on programming will finally come to an end. All the basic layouts are given here. As for the advanced programmers, they will find more fields to apply their skills and thus get motivated. So this is an extremely beneficial book on programming !

I purchased the print copy of this book on Jan 3 and was very unhappy for a number of reasons in terms of topic coverage and product description. In the short time since then, the publisher has updated the Amazon product description page and recently sent me an updated and revised PDF version. They have addressed most of what I saw as problems, hence this re-write of my review - my original (fairly negative) review is no longer accurate. If you are new to programming, or Python in general, this would now be a good starting point. The basic constructs are covered and examples given in working code. The coverage of topics is presented in a logical order (i.e. basic data types, operators, flow control statements, advanced data types, etc.). What really changed my opinion was the additional chapters that were added (almost 50 pages of additional useful content). Among the new chapters is one on PyCharm (a very user friendly IDE tool to assist in writing and debugging Python programs), and several others on more in-depth topics with enough information to get you started in these areas and pique your interest enough to search for more advanced instruction. This is a true beginners guide; other books out there targeting more advanced programmers are many 100's of pages and cover the entire Python language specification. If you are just starting out, this book will get you started enough decide if programming is "your thing".

What I really liked about this Python book is that it is written very simply for people to learn in one week. Though I have had Python experience in the past, I've grown a bit rusty and really need to brush up on my skills. I chose to do this now so that I can avoid losing it all completely because it was a time-consuming process to learn. I can very happily say that in just a few days of practice, everything came rushing back to me, and I also learned a few new things! I think this book is great for beginners as well as others like me who want to refresh skills they already had, while perhaps picking up a few more.

Really the Basic Program that we need surely useful all we need to do is learn the guide. New skills would be apply for operation and functions. It's a new challenge some sort learn as we need it. It start into simple that turns into reality to motivate us. Now we the knowledge and tools to start it or real programmer. It affords us a little more flexibility and removing the need for defining variables . But it can also lead to more confusion in large program.

This gonna be the basic program that we need to learn to make us a better programming. With complete guide all we need to do is practice the modules that they give. So that we know how to do it, and start to it. This is the way to become a better programmer and gives new extra income .Which a lot of code to use do some challenge of some sort and apply what we learn from it.

Too many typos and other errors. For example:“And next, we are converting the value that user gave us into a string by using the int(UserAge) line.”This is an example of converting from a string to an integer using “int”. I just could not continue reading this book out of concern I’d be wasting my time when I could be reading something less error-filled. Not happy at having wasted my money on this.

Python can be very challenging for beginners like me. This book has a very detailed and easy to understand instructions and techniques so you can be proficient with Python in just a week or 2.

For quite awhile I've wanted to learn Python, and finally started to do that with reading this book. There was enough about Python in this starter guide to move me to the next level of modifying code that I got from some forums, and I'm moving on to a more intense Python programming experience. My impetus has been a desire to program to make a control system for motors and pumps using DS18B20 sensors, and I easily see that Python will work well for this purpose.