This book teaches Python via 52 exercises. The idea is that you read them; type their code precisely (no copying and pasting!); fix your mistakes; then watch the programs run. As you do, author Zed Shaw shows you how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. .

The book is accompanied by 5+ hours of video where the author shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises.

Author: Zed Shaw
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Date: July 2017
Pages: 320
ISBN: 978-0134692883
Print: 0134692888
Kindle: B07378P8W6
Audience: Would-be Python programmers
Level: Introductory

• Install a complete Python environment
• Organize and write code
• Fix and break code
• Basic mathematics
• Variables
• Strings and text
• Interact with users
• Work with files
• Looping and logic
• Data structures using lists and dictionaries
• Program design
• Object-oriented programming
• Inheritance and composition
• Modules, classes, and objects
• Python packaging
• Automated testing
• Basic game development
• Basic web development

See Mike Driscoll's review of Learn Python the Hard Way, which is for Python 2. 

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