Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition (For the Absolute Beginner) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Dawson
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 27527
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
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Pages: 472
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 7.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 1598631128
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.133
EAN: 9781598631128
ASIN: 1598631128
Publication Date: November 8, 2005
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Ready to learn Python programming? Are you new to programming with Python? Do you need a solid introduction to the fundamental concepts? You've found it in "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition," the updated version of the successful "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner." As part of the for the absolute beginner series developed by computer science instructors exclusively for Cengage Learning Course Technology PTR, this book will teach you the basics of Python programming through simple game creation. You can then take the skills you learn and use them for more practical Python programming applications and real-world programming scenarios. Better still, by the time you finish this book you will be able to apply the basic principles you've learned to the next programming language you tackle. Create simple, fun games while you learn to program with Python.
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 Disappointed November 25, 2008
Major knock on this book are the exercises. Some of the exercises were ridiculously hard, had to search on the internet to resolve some of them since the chapters themselves gave very basic information on how to solve some of those problems.
 The Perfect Place To Start November 10, 2008
This book is perfect for the beginner programmer. Whether you have prior experience or not, you will come away with useful information and valuable experience. I have read it through once, and am now going back through and working on the sample code you develop. I have never had so much fun, nor have I ever found a book that did a better job of being informative but not too much. He works you from Hello World to a simple but graphic game, teaching you Python, programming convention and how to apply what you have learned to several types of situations. I cannot say how much I love this book, or how great it has been to finally find an author who can get the job done. Five stars, only because that's the highest I can give!
book's title says what it is September 8, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a good first book on programming for a junior high school kid or a motivated elementary school kid.
If you are a programmer looking to learn the Python language, this book is not for you. It's not intended to be for you, and you will find it slow-paced and tedious. Instead, as its title says, it's for people who want to learn to program, and Python is the weapon of choice for this author. I'm a long-time professional software guy, and I bought this book as a possible tutorial for my kids. It is pretty amazingly good for that. The sample programs are realistic enough. They're also short enough that someone can type them in as they go along. The author takes the reader all the way from "no experience required" all the way through OOP. Each step is gentle and encouraging. Along the way, the author points out what is a requirement and what is just convention. Computer jargon is explained in comfortable terms for the beginner.
Phyton Programming Second edition July 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Service from Amazon dot com is excellent. The book was received in good order. The content of the book fulfilled my expectations. I had no direction in any programming language. This book is absolute for beginners and I have some kind of direction to plan and expand my programming knowledge with Python.
Learning how to use other peoples' work as a crutch June 18, 2008
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a pretty good book for learning basic python... and how to use the basic tools of Tkinter... and how to use a modified version of Livewires... The problem here is that you never learn how to access anything beyond the scope of basic self-contained programming and the highly limited capabilities of these pre-made modules. If you want to be able to interact with your hardware, the internet, or anything other than math and games, you're out of luck. Common sense would tell you not to start a beginning programmer with a reliance on one graphics module and one GUI module, neither of which you expect them to even take a peek at the source of, but then, common sense would require students not to expect to have graphics handed to them on a silver platter. The first nine chapters are good work though... The 10th and 11th simply give in to the students' wishes that they could go ahead and have a graphic interface without doing any of the work, and that's not good teaching.
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