Begin to Code with Python

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 interactive sessions where you learn by speaking directly to the language itself,?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…

• Understand the basics of coding, from simple data storage to more complex and useful programs
• Discover how Python works using the Visual Studio environment
• Master advanced techniques, including classes and object-based solutions design
• Extend your code with Python’s powerful libraries
• Build web and cloud-based applications, as well as graphical user interfaces and games
• Test and debug your code with “What can go wrong” sections
• Understand the social aspects of professional development, and build career-ready skills from the start

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!

Table of Contents

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 Solutiondesign
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