Learn Python 3 the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)

**You __Will__ Learn Python 3!** Zed Shaw has perfected the world’s best system for learning Python 3. Follow it and you will succeed—just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else. In __**Learn Python 3 the Hard Way,**__ you’ll learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you’ll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code. Zed then teaches you even more in 5+ hours of video where he shows you how to break, fix, and debug your code—live, as he’s doing the exercises. * Install a complete Python environment * Organize and write code * Fix and break code * Basic mathematics * Variables * Strings and text * Interact with users * Work with files * Looping and logic * Data structures using lists and dictionaries * Program design * Object-oriented programming * Inheritance and composition * Modules, classes, and objects * Python packaging * Automated testing * Basic game development * Basic web development It’ll be hard at first. But soon, you’ll just get it—and that will feel great! This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you’ll know one of the world’s most powerful, popular programming languages. You’ll be a Python programmer. __This Book Is Perfect For__ * Total beginners with zero programming experience * Junior developers who know one or two languages * Returning professionals who haven’t written code in years * Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python 3 Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Preface Improvements in the Python 3 Edition The Hard Way Is Easier Reading and Writing Attention to Detail Spotting Differences Ask, Don’t Stare Do Not Copy-Paste Using the Included Videos A Note on Practice and Persistence Acknowledgments Exercise 0 The Setup macOS macOS: What You Should See Windows Windows: What You Should See Linux Linux: What You Should See Finding Things on the Internet Warnings for Beginners Alternative Text Editors Exercise 1 A Good First Program What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 2 Comments and Pound Characters What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 3 Numbers and Math What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 4 Variables and Names What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 5 More Variables and Printing What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 6 Strings and Text What You Should See Study Drills Break It Common Student Questions Exercise 7 More Printing What You Should See Study Drills Break It Common Student Questions Exercise 8 Printing, Printing What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 9 Printing, Printing, Printing What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 10 What Was That? What You Should See Escape Sequences Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 11 Asking Questions What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 12 Prompting People What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 13 Parameters, Unpacking, Variables Hold Up! Features Have Another Name What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 14 Prompting and Passing What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 15 Reading Files What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 16 Reading and Writing Files What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 17 More Files What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 18 Names, Variables, Code, Functions What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 19 Functions and Variables What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 20 Functions and Files What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 21 Functions Can Return Something What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 22 What Do You Know So Far? What You Are Learning Exercise 23 Strings, Bytes, and Character Encodings Initial Research Switches, Conventions, and Encodings Disecting the Output Disecting the Code Encodings Deep Dive Breaking It Exercise 24 More Practice What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 25 Even More Practice What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 26 Congratulations, Take a Test! Common Student Questions Exercise 27 Memorizing Logic The Truth Terms The Truth Tables Common Student Questions Exercise 28 Boolean Practice What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 29 What If What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 30 Else and If What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 31 Making Decisions What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 32 Loops and Lists What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 33 While Loops What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 34 Accessing Elements of Lists Study Drills Exercise 35 Branches and Functions What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 36 Designing and Debugging Rules for if-statements Rules for Loops Tips for Debugging Homework Exercise 37 Symbol Review Keywords Data Types String Escape Sequences Old Style String Formats Operators Reading Code Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 38 Doing Things to Lists What You Should See What Lists Can Do When to Use Lists Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 39 Dictionaries, Oh Lovely Dictionaries A Dictionary Example What You Should See What Dictionaries Can Do Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 40 Modules, Classes, and Objects Modules Are Like Dictionaries Classes Are Like Modules Objects Are Like Import Getting Things from Things A First Class Example What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 41 Learning to Speak Object-Oriented Word Drills Phrase Drills Combined Drills A Reading Test Practice English to Code Reading More Code Common Student Questions Exercise 42 Is-A, Has-A, Objects, and Classes How This Looks in Code About class Name(object) Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 43 Basic Object-Oriented Analysis and Design The Analysis of a Simple Game Engine Write or Draw About the Problem Extract Key Concepts and Research Them Create a Class Hierarchy and Object Map for the Concepts Code the Classes and a Test to Run Them Repeat and Refine Top Down versus Bottom Up The Code for "Gothons from Planet Percal #25" What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 44 Inheritance versus Composition What Is Inheritance? Implicit Inheritance Override Explicitly Alter Before or After All Three Combined The Reason for super() Using super() with __init__ Composition When to Use Inheritance or Composition Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 45 You Make a Game Evaluating Your Game Function Style Class Style Code Style Good Comments Evaluate Your Game Exercise 46 A Project Skeleton macOS/Linux Setup Windows 10 Setup Creating the Skeleton Project Directory Final Directory Structure Testing Your Setup Using the Skeleton Required Quiz Common Student Questions Exercise 47 Automated Testing Writing a Test Case Testing Guidelines What You Should See Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 48 Advanced User Input Our Game Lexicon Breaking Up a Sentence Lexicon Tuples Scanning Input Exceptions and Numbers A Test First Challenge What You Should Test Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 49 Making Sentences Match and Peek The Sentence Grammar A Word on Exceptions The Parser Code Playing with the Parser What You Should Test Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 50 Your First Website Installing flask Make a Simple "Hello World" Project What's Going On? Fixing Errors Create Basic Templates Study Drills Common Student Questions Exercise 51 Getting Input from a Browser How the Web Works How Forms Work Creating HTML Forms Creating a Layout Template Writing Automated Tests for Forms Study Drills Breaking It Exercise 52 The Start of Your Web Game Refactoring the Exercise 43 Game Creating an Engine Your Final Exam Common Student Questions Next Steps How to Learn Any Programming Language Advice from an Old Programmer Appendix: Command Line Crash Course Introduction: Shut Up and Shell How to Use This Appendix You Will Be Memorizing Things The Setup Do This You Learned This Do More Paths, Folders, Directories (pwd) Do This You Learned This Do More If You Get Lost Do This You Learned This Make a Directory (mkdir) Do This You Learned This Do More Change Directory (cd) Do This You Learned This Do More List Directory (ls) Do This You Learned This Do More Remove Directory (rmdir) Do This You Learned This Do More Moving Around (pushd, popd) Do This You Learned This Do More Making Empty Files (touch/ New-Item) Do This You Learned This Do More Copy a File (cp) Do This You Learned This Do More Moving a File (mv) Do This You Learned This Do More View a File (less/ more) Do This You Learned This Do More Stream a File (cat) Do This You Learned This Do More Removing a File (rm) Do This You Learned This Do More Exiting Your Terminal (exit) Do This You Learned This Do More Command Line Next Steps Unix Bash References PowerShell References Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Zed Shaw Has Perfected The World's Best System For Learning Python. Following It, Students Will Succeed-just Like The Hundreds Of Thousands Of Beginners Zed Has Taught To Date! Inlearn Python 3 The Hard Way, Students Will Learn Python While Working Through 52 Brilliantly Crafted Exercises. Read Them. Type Their Code Precisely. (no Copying And Pasting!) Fix Mistakes. Watch The Programs Run. As They Do, They'll Learn How Software Works; What Good Programs Look Like; How To Read, Write, And Think About Code; And How To Find And Fix Your Mistakes Using Tricks Professional Programmers Use. -- Provided By Publisher. Readers will learn Python by working through 52 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix the mistakes. Watch the programs run. Includes 5+ hours of video where Shaw shows how to break, fix, and debug code.