Learn Python the Hard Way - Zed Shaw

You Will Learn Python! Zed Shaw has created the world's most reliable system for learning Python. Follow it and you will succeedjust like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, persistence, and attention; the author supplies the masterful knowledge you need to succeed.
In Learn Python the Hard Way, Fifth Edition, you'll learn Python by working through 60 lovingly crafted exercises. Read them. Type in the code. Run it. Fix your mistakes. Repeat. As you do, you'll learn how a computer works, how to solve problems, and how to enjoy programming . . . even when it's driving you crazy.

Install a complete Python environment

Organize and write code

Fix and break code

Basic mathematics

Strings and text

Interact with users

Work with files

Looping and logic

Object-oriented programming

Data structures using lists and dictionaries

Modules, classes, and objects

Python packaging

Automated testing

Basic SQL for Data Science

Web scraping

Fixing bad data (munging)

The "Data" part of "Data Science"

It'll be frustrating at first. But if you keep trying, you'll get itand it'll feel amazing! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll know one of the world's most powerful, popular programming languages. You'll be a Python programmer.
This Book Is Perfect For

Total beginners with zero programming experience

Junior developers who know one or two languages

Returning professionals who haven't written code in years

Aspiring Data Scientists or academics who need to learn to code

Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple crash course in Python for Data Science

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