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My son is 13. Seems to be right at his age level. One minor typo in the first lesson took us a while to solve but other than that, he is enjoying it.
Very good book; whether you are learning a first computer language or OOP (Object Oriented Programming), this is a good reference book to have on your shelf.
I liked the book for what it is, a beginners book as it is very elementry and a good way to learn from not knowing anything.
I rarely write a review, but this case I have to for a job very well done. He told me that Python is so easy.
Therefore, I recommended this book because there are many readers who would give it high score. Guess what.
I was trying to teach my brother a little bit of Python so that he could have a good foundation to go on on his own, but I don't have the time to write a "book" for him. Further, even more important, he likes it very much.
They're right. My brother has read the bookd and taught him Python 2.5 without my help, lilterally.
I'd doubt if he actually knows Python enough to have a statement such as that, but he is clearly enjoying the book very much. Thanks so much.
It's also filled with a tone of common knowledge that you'll need to know if you're planning on entering the program scene.The book comes with a cd which has all the source code you need to start programming(i had to download an updated version of Python later in the semester at www.python.org, not a big deal). I'm new to the programming world, i took my first programming course last semester and it was in Python, and this was the book that everyone was required to have. Thanks to this book the first month or so of class flew by because of the head start i had. Therefore this review is written by someone just learning how to program for the first time, an absolute beginner(sorry i couldn't resist) so if that's you, hopefully this review will help.First things first, i bought 'Python, Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition' one month before classes started to get a head start and was surprised at how well i was picking up the programming concepts in the book. Some of the main points the book touches on, i'm not going by any particular order.-If, elif, else structures-While loops-For loops-Functions-Classes-GUI's and everything that entitlesThese are just some of the topics it goes into detail explaining with very helful examples. Once things started to get tricky in class, I found myself referring to this book more and more, which is always a good thing. I highly recommend it for beginner programmers, it was very helpful.
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