Head First Python 2e

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The book is well written and presents learning to code as a way to teach children problem-solving skills. If you have a solid foundation in Python and want to fill in holes, deepen you understanding, and learn some of the less obvious features of Python, this would be a great book for you. This book is well done, and the fact that each project is a self-contained unit makes it appealing and accessible. If you’re someone who likes to learn by doing, then you’ll enjoy this book.

Sometimes Python’s low barrier to entry gives people the mistaken idea that the language is less capable than other languages, that style does not matter, or that best practices are only a matter of preference. Breaking News: App Engine Code Update: As of January 1, 2014, Google App Engine no longer supports webapps based on release 2.5 of Python. This breaks the code in the book. Here's updated code for the webapp in Chapter 10 which is compatible with release 2.7 of Python, which is now GAE's standard. Note: in addition to dropping support for 2.5, Google also dropped support for the Django forms technology described in the book. The code in the ZIP archive has been adjusted to "hard-code" the form, as opposed to dynamically generate it with help from Django. The Getting it Right section teaches you how to avoid and overcome many of the common pitfalls associated with working in Python. As you progress in you Python journey, you will want to dig deeper to maximize the efficiency of your code. The best intermediate and advanced Python books provide insight to help you level up your Python skills, enabling you to become an expert Pythonista. Head First PMP is for those studying for the Project Management Professional (PMP) agile certification exam. I place this book on the list because I believe that any software engineer can benefit from the information in this book. This book teaches how to avoid common problems in a team and project. It also gives you a mental framework to find well-functioning teams and good work environments.So far, we’ve used the single-argument version of range, which—from the documentation—expects a value for stop to be provided. When no other value is provided, range defaults to using 0 as the start value, but you can set it to a value of your choosing. When you do, you must provide a value for stop. In this way, range becomes a multi-argument invocation.

Built-in Modules: introduces a few of Python’s lesser-known built-in libraries to make your code more useful and reliableChapter 1: Why get certified? — If you worked on a lot of projects, you see the same issues come up. PMP is about common solutions. This chapter talks about the value of the project, the project lifecycle, what a project is, and more.• There are books you buy, books you keep, books you keep on your desk, and thanks to O’Reilly and the Understand the core features of all programming languages, including: variables, statements, decisions, loops, expressions, and operators A number of basic variations on drawing a rotated square are presented—without a lot of underlying explanation, initially—just to introduce the general concepts, but by the end of the section, you’ll have been provided with a pretty good understanding of the basics.