Mission Python (No Starch Press)
Wednesday, 31 October 2018

Aimed at "teens and young adults", this book is a space-themed guide to building a complete computer game in Python. Author Sean McManus explains programming fundamentals like loops, strings, and lists in the process of building a game with a map to explore, items to collect, and tricky logic puzzles to solve. The book also contains exercises and mini-projects, like making a spacewalk simulator and creating an astronaut's safety checklist to illustrate Python skills.

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Author: Sean McManus
Publisher: No Starch
Date: October 2018
Pages: 280
ISBN: 978-1593278571
Print: 1593278578
Kindle:  B072STNXT8
Audience: Would-be Python developers
Level: Introductory
Category: Python and Graphics & Games

 

For recommendations of Python books see Books for Pythonistas and Python Books For Beginners in our Programmer's Bookshelf section.

Sean McManus is author of Cool Scratch Projects  and Scratch Programming In Easy Steps, both awarded top 5-star ratings by our reviewers. 

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Killer ChatGPT Prompts (Wiley)

Author: Guy Hart-Davis
Publisher: Wiley
Pages: 240
ISBN: 978-1394225255
Print: 1394225253
ASIN: B0CF3WFTWM
Audience: Everyone
Rating: 5
Reviewer: Ian Stirk

This book aims to get optimal answers to your questions from ChatGPT, how does it fare? 



Modern Software Engineering (Addison-Wesley)

Author: David Farley
Pages: 256
ISBN: 978-0137314911
Print:0137314914
Kindle: B09GG6XKS4
Audience: Software Engineers
Rating: 3.5
Reviewer: Kay Ewbank

This book is subtitled 'doing what works to build better software faster' - does it teach you how to achieve that?


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