Brilliant! Here's what I thought:

Pros:

-Suitable for all ages

-Easy tutorial to download software (multiple options available, most are free!)

-All code explained clearly

-Good consolidation of knowledge by assigning tasks

-Good challenging level - pushes you to become a good programmer

-Plenty to things to learn as the book is detailed

-Quite fun too!

Cons:

-At times the code can become quite difficult despite the book's explanation - a lot of resilience and problem-solving is required

-This book is purely self-learning which brings its own setbacks as there is not many places to look for help. Having said that, self-learning is a great skill to learn and this book develops it greatly.

Overall, this was a good buy and I would definitely recommend it for anyone wishing to learn Python from scratch.

I develop in Java and NodeJS at work, but I decided to learn Python for my own use. I find learning from books faster than video courses and gives me a deeper understanding. This book has introductory chapters suitable for a complete novice and then some projects. I lightly read through the initial chapters, but for me, this was just a case of understanding syntax that differs from Java and JS, so I didn't do all the exercises. I'm now on to the projects, for which I am actually coding along with the book. I'm finding it quite fun and the syntax is becoming familiar now.

It's quite difficult to write a book that is suitable for novices and those who are transferring from other languages. So far I have been pleased with the content.

Learning programming is hard alone but trying to learn programming from reading is a pain far from imagination. Fortunately this life saver was very easy to understand and beginner friendly, however the write had one downfall he failed to provide alternatives for windows users in the command line

I like the format (specific lines given numbers so detailed explanations of each part can be explained clearly and simply ) and the no nonsense dive into each aspect is in useful. Not only does it give you lots of examples and exercises to do at every stage but (I'm only 50% through it yet) the examples also include typical mistakes so you learn what to look out for. Which is invaluable to a python programmer just starting out.

It will be a valauble reference. All too often I've found texts and videos either throw you in the deep end expecting you'll figure it out or keep you forever in the paddling pool. The book itself is a nice size and good quality print. I'll definitely be checking out other books in the series.

I bought a copy of this for my son who was just starting a Python module at Uni. as part of an economics degree, so not a programmer. It's both a programming book and a Python book and it does the basics very well before moving onto three or four well-worked through practical projects. Highly recommended.

Easy to follow, everything explained in perfect detail. Definitely a great starting point if you are just getting into coding. Book sets you up with alot of knowledge and you can definitely start building small yet meaningful projects upon completion.

I would recommend skipping the Django/Pygame projects at the end though. Use a more up to date tutorial, since these modules have been updated since this book was published (not alot, but still).

I've mainly purchased this book to have a good source in details but it's more suitable for beginners. I haven't experienced any problems about the print quality, unlike other comments I'm very happy that there isn't any coloured text or black background code snippets. I found more beneficial to take your own notes or highlight manually the parts you had practised. It's easier to look back and find your notes on the book. Otherwise it's not different than reading people's snippets on stackoverflow. Paper quality is good. Nothing to complain but I wish I had chance have a sneak peek to know the level of information. If you just started to learn python this book is great for you. But if you already finished a beginner python course or watch CS50 week 6 on YouTube, you don't need this book for learning. But you can benefit the projects part. I also purchased O'Reilly python cookbook from Amazon and if you need advanced information to solve complex problems you should check them too.

This could be used by a complete beginner to coding, in which case it's worth working carefully through all the examples. It holds your hand as you work through the basics. It then moves on to projects, data visualisation, and web applications. If you have some programming experience you might feel able to skip bits. You will really want to use a text editor like Sublime. Theoretically this is is free but constant reminders will drive you nuts so you will end up spending £50 buying it (but it IS excellent).

You will need a Pritt Stick as the binding keeps coming off, but I can live with that. In any case you would not want to invest in a fancy hard back binding for a book that in the nature of things will become obsolete in three to four years.

Here is the book for beginners that'll get you A to Z in Python. Best reference book out there.

Ótima porta de entrada, e referência de consulta permanente às estruturas básicas da linguagem. Não que seja perfeito, mas

é no mínimo excelente, e isso não é pouco! Parabéns ao autor, de verdade. Me diverti bastante aprendendo a essência do Python com esse livro, ao longo de alguns meses. Não acredito que alguém se arrependa do investimento. Vá com calma e sem pressa, aprendendo no seu ritmo e voltando sempre que necessário. E mantenha ele por perto sempre! Adoraria encontrar um livro desses pra C++, ou que o autor escrevesse um livro desses pra C++, mas isso é utópico, pois o C++ é o contrasenso do Python, kkkkk...

Totally nice and perfect. I bought this as a gift for my son who’s contemplating if programming could be his liking before venturing university.

El libro está muy bien escrito y no utiliza una terminología demasiado compleja ni un lenguaje muy técnico; todos los conceptos técnicos que se utilizan con frecuencia en el libro son explicados previamente.

A pesar de que el libro está escrito en inglés, logré entender perfectamente la información que el autor trataba de transmitir, debido a que el libro tiene una sintaxis muy clara y fácil de seguir. Definitivamente el mejor libro de Python para principiantes que encontrarás.

El contenido es excelente, pero creo que podrían mejorar el pegamento que une a las páginas de la carcasa. Recomiendo a este libro a cualquier persona que quiera adentrarse al mundo de la programación en Python, explica una gran cantidad de funciones y métodos útiles, por lo que incluso si este no es tu primer lenguaje, encontrarás información que te será de bastante utilidad.

Everything was great like they said me before buying this book...

Book is very great to learn PYTHON...