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Learn Python in 10 Minutes
Learn Python in 10 Minutes
Learn Python in 10 Minutes
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Learn Python in 10 Minutes

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This book is written with the programming beginner in mind. The book is designed to get you up to speed with Python as quickly as possible. It covers everything you need to know to become proficient in Python. The book begins with the simplest programming concepts and builds with each chapter. Working examples have been carefully selected to demonstrate the concept being explored. There is an explanation for every line of code, so you are never left in the dark. Once you have mastered the key concepts of the language, you will be presented with some of the most important use cases for Python. For experienced programmers, you will learn how to use Python to manage files on your computer, connect to and query relational databases and how to script cloud architecture on Amazon Web services (AWS).
The best way to get the most out of this book is to play around with the examples. Try to rewrite them from memory. Once you can write them, you are ready for Python in business. Remember to ignore line numbers in the examples. The line numbers were manually inserted as annotations to help describe the Python scripts.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherVictor Ebai
Release dateMay 12, 2017
ISBN9781370728107
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    The book presupposes some programming knowledge while droning on too long om some things. I miss indentation sometimes and spelling is not great.
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    Book is short and fast, but it is hard to really retain if you are not initiated yet.
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    es el primer libro que leo para empezar esta maravillosa aventura de la programacion. Me pareció un buen libro, como base de apoyo en el comienzo de esta interesante materia.
    Por este medio, le agradezco al autor de este libro por el esfuerzo que realiza en la transmisión de los conocimientos en Python, para aquellas persona que como yo, iniciamos en este interesante tema.
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    This is first book you should read when you start grade 01 level of python. Python in plain English. Very easy to understand.
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    An immensely helpful book for beginners. The book is short and descriptive.
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    loved it dear, file handling csv should be there also
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    Very helpful introduction for the absolute beginner but you do not do much magic unless you read and learn some more. The "10 Minutes" though… Nah

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    Excellent! This book has a full and detailed introduction to the language.

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    Fast path to the basics. I delivers on the promise.

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    Content is OK.

    But code samples are in bad format. No fixed width font and no indentation.

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Learn Python in 10 Minutes - Victor Ebai

Learn Python in 10 minutes

Python for beginners with practical use cases

The book you need to master Python 3

By Victor Ebai

Copyright© 2017 by Victor Ebai. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author. However, excerpts can be used for critical reviews and non-commercial purposes covered by applicable copyright laws.

Preface

This book is written with the programming beginner in mind. The book is designed to get you up to speed with Python as quickly as possible. It covers everything you need to know to become proficient in Python. The book begins with the simplest programming concepts and builds with each chapter. Working examples have been carefully selected to demonstrate the concept being explored. There is an explanation for every line of code, so you are never left in the dark. Once you have mastered the key concepts of the language, you will be presented with some of the most important use cases for Python. For experienced programmers, you will learn how to use Python to manage files on your computer, connect to and query relational databases and how to script cloud architecture on Amazon Web services (AWS).

The best way to get the most out of this book is to play around with the examples. Try to rewrite them from memory. Once you can write them, you are ready for Python in business. Remember to ignore line numbers in the examples. The line numbers were manually inserted as annotations to help describe the Python scripts.

Good Luck!

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Discover Python

Chapter 2: Preparing your Python development environment

Chapter 3: The Basics Of Python

Chapter 4: Variables, Data Types and Literals

Chapter 5: Python Dates and Time manipulation

Chapter 6: Python Operators.

Chapter 7: Python Comparison Operators

Chapter 8: Built–in Functions/ Methods

Chapter 9: Flow control statements

Chapter 10: User Defined Functions

Chapter 11: Python Exception Handling

Chapter 12: Python Classes and Objects

Chapter 13: Using Python to Process Data Files and I/O

Chapter 14: Python and relational databases

Bonus: Chapter 15: Using Python to Manage Your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Infrastructure

Chapter 1: Discover Python

Welcome to the amazing world of Python. Thank you for buying this book, you will pick up the skills required for this programming language of the future. Python is currently the second most popular high-level programming language after Java. Guido van Rossum developed Python between 1985- 1990. Python was created to eliminate the shortcomings of other high-level languages like Java and c++. Though these high-level languages are extremely useful, they are difficult to master. Some of the undesirable qualities of these other languages include.

1. They have an extensive vocabulary which looks nothing like English; thus they are neither readable nor comprehensible to a nonprogrammer.

2. Punctuation marks and special characters are used extensively.

3. Most of their constructs must be declared explicitly. For instance, you must explicitly state the type of a variable. These leads to several lines of logically redundant code.

Python eliminates all these difficulties; it has a limited vocabulary, and most of its constructs are implicit resulting in fewer lines of code. The program does what you expect it to do. Python code is simple, comprehensible and readable. What you write is what you get. The Python language correctly handles implicit facts like terminating a loop.

Advantages of Phyton:

As previously mentioned, Python is jam packed with loads of goodies. Below are just a few of them.

1. Its simplicity is its main attraction. Anyone can become proficient in python in a matter of days. It is the perfect beginners programming language.

2. It is very versatile; thus can be used for several purposes including database programming, statistical analysis, GUI development, OS file management, games, Cloud architecture programming and web programming.

3. It is an interpreted language which makes it fast and portable across

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