Overview

Go from beginner programmer to Python programmer! Level up your skills to an intermediate level. You're a student who wants to jumpstart their career with practical skills, or you're a self-taught beginner who has learned all you can from beginner programmer books and coding bootcamps. Now you're looking for the next step to becoming a real-world professional programmer so you can create your own apps, work with other Pythonistas, and get started with your career. If that's who you are, then this book is for you! Become a Python programmer by- * Going through a Python crash course that'll get you up to speed if you're coming from another programming language or just need to review your Python skills * Getting a run down of what complex-sounding technical jargon actually means * Setting up your own Python-based web apps using HTML, CSS, SQLite, and Flask * Learning how to write Pythonic code with object-oriented programming and correct code formatting and style * Creating a project with your newly learned skills! This book is perfect for self-taught programmers looking for the stuff intro books don't teach you and students wanting to get practical information before getting started with applying their new programming skills.

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Author:   Al Sweigart
Publisher:   No Starch Press,US
Imprint:   No Starch Press,US
ISBN:  

9781593279660

ISBN 10:   1593279663
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   16 December 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I: Getting Started 1.     Dealing with Errors and Asking for Help 2.     Environmental Setup 3.     Formatting with the Black Module   Part II: Best Practices, Tools, and Techniques 4.     Choosing Useful Names 5.     Finding Code Smells 6.     Writing Pythonic Code 7.     Programming Jargon 8.     Common Python Gotchas 9.     Esoteric Python Oddities 10.   Crafting Effective Functions 11.   Comments and Type Hints 12.   Version Control with Git 13.   Profiling Code   Part III: Practice Problems 14.   Tower of Hanoi 15.   Connect Four   Part IV: Readable Object-Oriented Programming 16.   Classes and Objects 17.   Inheritance 18.   Pythonic Object-Oriented Programming   Index

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My early Python programs work but could be improved massively with what Al writes about . . . a small goldmine of knowledge that beginners, intermediates and probably even advanced programmers will benefit from. --GeekTechStuff

Author Information

Al Sweigart is a professional software developer who teaches programming to kids and adults. Sweigart has written several bestselling programming books for beginners, including Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python, Coding with Minecraft, and Cracking Codes with Python (all from No Starch Press).

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