| Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition: 0 (For the Absolute Beginner) | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Dawson
Publisher: Delmar
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 61372
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Edition: 2nd Ed
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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: December 8, 2005
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Absolutely perfect. April 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book was my last desperate attempt at learning to program in Python. I was on the verge of giving up. I'd tried the famous O'Reilly 'Learning Python' and several other (expensive!) texts, and even when they claimed to be for absolute beginners... well, it just wasn't true!
Either they started off with a few easy chapters then made a quantum leap into the realms of impossible difficulty; or they listed page after page of dull, sleep-inducing instructions to learn - without offering any hints on why the instructions might, one day, actually be useful.
Then, as a last resort, I bought this wonderful book. I thought I might be making another mistake, because the book has been criticised by some people as being TOO basic. But 'too basic' sounded like it might be exactly what I needed.
Really, I can't recommend this book highly enough to those who are new to programming and Python. The author should get some sort of award, because he actually makes this stuff FUN to learn - I can't say that about any of the other books I tried.
It's fun, and it's not even dumbed-down. You'll learn just about everything you need to know, and have a great time in the process. Every chapter is brimming over with 'hands on' examples, and ends with exercises that are challenging without being impossible. As you go along you'll write and tinker with a series of games, all the way from simple 'guess the number' stuff to flashy looking arcade-type games.
If you're new to Python and programming, this is THE book to buy. Nothing else even comes close.
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