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Helps students quickly learn Python programming, no matter what their major
This full-color book will inspire you to start solving problems and creating programs with Python, even if you have absolutely no programming experience. It’s not just friendly and easy: it’s the first Python beginner’s guide that puts you in control of your own learning, and empowers you to build unique programs to solve problems you care about.
Microsoft has completely reinvented the beginning programmer’s tutorial, reflecting deep research into how today’s beginners learn, and why other books fall short. Begin to Code with Python is packed with innovations, including its “Snaps” library of pre-built operations that are easy to combine your own unique programs, Cookie Cutter templates that give you a flying start, and “Make Something Happen” projects that help you build skills by creating your own programs, not programs someone else has handed you.
Throughout, Begin to Code with Python balances playful exposition and illustration of programming fundamentals with your own creative input - and you’ll never be more than a page or two away from making something unique and personal to you. It will help you…
Whether you’re a total beginner or you’ve tried before, Begin to Code with Python will put the power, excitement, and creativity of programming where it belongs: in your hands!
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Part 1: Programming fundamentals
Chapter 1 Starting with Python
Chapter 2 Python and Programming
Chapter 3 Python program structure
Chapter 4 Working with variables
Chapter 5 Making decisions in programs
Chapter 6 Repeating actions with loops
Chapter 7 Using functions to simplify programs
Chapter 8 Storing collections of data
Part 2: Advanced programming
Chapter 9 Use classes to store data
Chapter 10 Use classes to create active objects
Chapter 11 Object-based solution design
Chapter 12 Python applications
Part 3: Useful Python (Digital-only)
Chapter 13 Python and Graphical User Interfaces
Chapter 14 Python programs as network clients
Chapter 15 Python programs as network servers
Chapter 16 Create games with pygame