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1. Easy read and easy to understand
   This book did a really good job ad breaking down the parts of programming and even had a project in the end that let you dip your toes into OOP. Its a really quick read and very concise. HIGHLY recommend for anyone who is starting/has little knowledge about Python. It wont make you be a 100% coding wizard but it will help you understand the language more and is a great starting point.

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2. Great for Beginners
   If you want to learn to code, don’t hesitate and pick this book up now. Not only is the book well written, Python, the language the book is written about, is one of the most simple programming languages in the world. Being simple doesn’t exactly make it weak either. Python is an incredibly powerful language. PCBs such as Rasberry Pi uses Python as its programming language. The book explains things well enough that they can be understood. However, older concepts are not rementioned, so taking notes is almost a necessity if you want to clearly read this book, which can be a little bit of a hassle. Some of the things you learn are:ValuesOperatorsVariablesFormatting StringsType CastingLists and TuplesDictionariesInteractive ProgramsSpecial CharactersCondition StatementsIf StatementsLoopsFunctionsModulesExternal FilesClassesObjectsPropertiesName ManglingSelfChild Classes & Objects: The Concept of InheritanceBuilt-In Python Functions for Objects.All of these are written clearly enough. I don’t understand what others mean by “not for beginners”. The concept of coding is quite complex. Unlike Scratch, we don’t get a list of a syntax whose names tell us what they do. Explaining coding easily is a very difficult task. Somebody said that there were better Python coding books out there. There are plenty of people that would say that these “better books” are worse than this book. Don’t just read it like a normal book. You will not know how to code because you read this book once. Think about it. If you simply read over a textbook like a novel, you would not have memorized the concepts and diagrams. This book is not built to be read like a novel. Some people say that it was difficult, but I have not seen many problems with this book.

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3. Easy read for anyone
   This book is good for people with no coding experience, or those who are adept coders but don’t have Python experience. The formatting of the book seems a little strange to me, but it’s an easy read and easily searchable if you need to go back and find a word or topic. Recommended for folks who want to get into Python but don’t know where to start.

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4. Jumps You Immediately Into Learning Python And Making A Basic Game
   Though quick and dirty on covering how to program in Python it gets you started immediately on a basic game after a few lessons on syntax and commands.This doesn’t mean you’ve learn Python after reading and doing the exercises in this book. It’s an ice breaker… a stepping stone to read other more structured books on the subject. Every one starts somewhere and this is a good starting point.

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5. A good starter book
   Good: Book is a very good and well organized way to get started with python. Well written and easily understood.Bad: Kindle for Windows, gets worse with every implimentation. Issues are quite simply bad window sizing logic that forces you to constantly readjust the size of your viewing page and window. Does not auto size to the view screen properly on a tablet when you drag the bar to the top of the screen, with the top control bar the page the close, collapse and full screen icons are off the screeen to the right, even though there is plenty of space for them – just bad coding.. Once you manually adjust the screen size, if you choose to view the notes or table of contents, it then resets the screen width to the overfill the screen again. When you close these side panels, it doesn’t restore the application width to what you previously spent a minuit or two setting it to properly fill the screen. And worst of all, it automatically reduces the with of the reading pane by about an inch on each size, so you have to manually increase it to full width again. This would be tolerable if it was only used to read short stories (like comic book length), but is a complete waste of time when one is employing a reference book.Final Grade: Book- A+++, Kindle – F———————… (you get the idea )

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6. Better than some.
   This book is better than some of the Python books that claim quick knowledge of a computer language. Python is a powerful language and any claims to learning it in one day is a stretch. This book teaches the reader how to manipulate “strings”, make simple computations, display results to the screen and gives you the very very fundamental feel of the language. If this is your first computer language than this is a good book for you and that is what I believe the author was trying to accomplish. However, loading the Python language interpreter can be a challenge maybe even frustrating since the links the author asks the reader to use didn’t work on any of the computers I tried. The IDLE that is required does not get loaded with the authors link. I had to resort to loading a PYTHON Compiler which allowed me to create code, save code and execute code. On a positive note this book is better for a very first coding reader than other Python books I have reviewed. It is unlikely you will truly learn the language in one day but in a week you may have a decent handle on the very very basics. Good coding!

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7. Puzzling . . .
   How can anyone learn a language in just one day? I benefited from the info in this book but cannot accept the claim.

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8. Livro muito claro.Realmente ensina a programar

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9. The best book!, I am gratefully surprised of the simplicity but the enormous content of the book. I made the best decision

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10. Great book to have while on a bus or at lunch time to read up on python…! Easy to understand even for complete newbies to any kind of coding

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11. Great book to revise and learn python. However it is not for people who do not have any prior experience in any other language.

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12. very good. Concise, easy to follow. I broke it up into 2 short days, but it is definitely possible to complete in one day if you are just brushing up and/or keen to sit at your computer for a long time.I used it as a brush-up and found it very nice reading the instructions. It really awakened old skills and brought back a lot of memories, even though it is not challenging if you have any past programming experience. I would purchase more books from this author.

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