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    Python for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals of Computer Programming
    Python for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals of Computer Programming
    Python for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals of Computer Programming
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    Python for Beginners: Learn the Fundamentals of Computer Programming

    By J Foster

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    With so much information about programming and online coding tutorials out there, it can be difficult to know where to start. Python for Beginners fills in the gap and provides a great place to start learning computer programming with Python. Using our bestselling, straightforward, step-by-step, visual approach, you'll learn to:


    Download and install the python interpreter


    Setup your development environment


    Get started with python code and syntax


    Use variables


    Use data types such as integers, strings, lists, tuples, sets, and dictionaries


    Use different operators for arithmetic, assignment and Boolean operations


    Use selection statements such as if and elif


    Use iteration statements such as for and while loops


    How to read from and write to files


    Create your own functions


    Handle program exceptions


    Create simple graphic user interfaces using Python tkinter module


    Create simple games using the PyGame module.


    Techniques are illustrated step-by-step using screen prints, example code, and video demos, together with concise, easy to follow text from an established expert in the field. If you want to learn to code quickly and easily with Python, this is the guide you need.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherElluminet Press
    Release dateMar 28, 2020
    ISBN9781913151171
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      Python for Beginners - J Foster

      What is Python?

      Python is a high level language developed by Guido van Rossum in the late 1980s and is used in web development, scientific applications, gaming, AI, and is well suited to education for teaching computer programming.

      Python is designed to be an easily readable language. Therefore, it uses an uncluttered formatting style, and often uses English keywords where other languages use a symbol.

      Python is an interpreted programming language, meaning Python programs are written in a text editor and then put through a Python interpreter to be executed.

      Python is used in the field of artificial intelligence and can be found in many day-to-day applications. Streaming services such as Spotify use Python for data analysis, particularly user’s listening habits in order to offer suggestions on which artist to follow, other music a particular user might be interested in and so on. Python is also used within Netflix’s machine-learning algorithms for recommending relevant content to users, monitoring browsing habits, and marketing.

      In the world of games development, Python is used as a companion language, meaning Python scripts are used to add customizations to the core gaming engine, script AI behaviours, or server side elements. The performance of Python isn’t fast enough for coding graphics intensive, higher end games, however you can create simple games with Python using the pygame module.

      Python is used in web development and allows a web developer to develop dynamic web apps very quickly.

      Python is a multi platform language and is available for Windows, MacOS, Linux and the Raspberry Pi.

      To start coding, you’ll need a computer - either Windows, MacOS or Linux, and an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with the Python interpreter.

      Setting Up

      Before we start writing programs, we need to set up our development environment. In our lab, we’re using windows workstations, so we’ll need to install the Python Development Environment for Windows.

      Open your web browser and navigate to the following website

      www.python.org/downloads/windows

      From the downloads page, select the ‘executable installer’ of latest stable release.

      Click ‘run’ when prompted by your browser. Or click ‘python-x.x.x-amd64.exe’ if you’re using Chrome.

      Once the installer starts, make sure ‘add python 3.x to path’ is selected, then click ‘customize installation’ to run through the steps to complete the installation.

      Make sure you select all the tick boxes for all the optional features.

      Click ‘next’.

      Make sure ‘install for all users’ is selected at the top of the dialog box. Click ‘install’ to begin.

      Click ‘disable path length limit’ to make sure Python runs smoothly on Windows and allow long file names.

      Click ‘close’ to finish the installation.

      You’ll find the Python Development Environment (IDLE) and the Python interpreter, in the Python folder on your start menu.

      To write our programs, we’ll use IDLE Python. This is Python’s integrated development environment.

      Here, you can write your code in the editor then execute & debug your code. You’ll also notice the code editor provides syntax highlighting meaning keywords and text are highlighted in different colours, making code easier to read.

      The Basics

      Python programs are written in a text editor, such as Notepad, PyCharm, or the code editor in Python’s development environment (IDLE), and saved with a .py file extension.

      You then use the Python interpreter to execute the code saved in the file.

      Lets start at the very

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