Gain proficiency, productivity, and power by working on projects and kick-starting your career in Python with this comprehensive, hands-on guide.
Key FeaturesPython is among the most popular programming languages in the world. It's ideal for beginners because it's easy to read and write, and for developers, because it's widely available with a strong support community, extensive documentation, and phenomenal libraries - both built-in and user-contributed.
This project-based course has been designed by a team of expert authors to get you up and running with Python. You'll work though engaging projects that'll enable you to leverage your newfound Python skills efficiently in technical jobs, personal projects, and job interviews. The book will help you gain an edge in data science, web development, and software development, preparing you to tackle real-world challenges in Python and pursue advanced topics on your own. Throughout the chapters, each component has been explicitly designed to engage and stimulate different parts of the brain so that you can retain and apply what you learn in the practical context with maximum impact.
By completing the course from start to finish, you'll walk away feeling capable of tackling any real-world Python development problem.
What you will learnThis book is for professionals, students, and hobbyists who want to learn Python and apply it to solve challenging real-world problems. Although this is a beginner's course, you'll learn more easily if you already have an understanding of standard programming topics like variables, if-else statements, and functions. Experience with another object-oriented program, though not essential, will also be beneficial. If Python is your first attempt at computer programming, this book will help you understand the basics with adequate detail for a motivated student.
Show moreGain proficiency, productivity, and power by working on projects and kick-starting your career in Python with this comprehensive, hands-on guide.
Key FeaturesPython is among the most popular programming languages in the world. It's ideal for beginners because it's easy to read and write, and for developers, because it's widely available with a strong support community, extensive documentation, and phenomenal libraries - both built-in and user-contributed.
This project-based course has been designed by a team of expert authors to get you up and running with Python. You'll work though engaging projects that'll enable you to leverage your newfound Python skills efficiently in technical jobs, personal projects, and job interviews. The book will help you gain an edge in data science, web development, and software development, preparing you to tackle real-world challenges in Python and pursue advanced topics on your own. Throughout the chapters, each component has been explicitly designed to engage and stimulate different parts of the brain so that you can retain and apply what you learn in the practical context with maximum impact.
By completing the course from start to finish, you'll walk away feeling capable of tackling any real-world Python development problem.
What you will learnThis book is for professionals, students, and hobbyists who want to learn Python and apply it to solve challenging real-world problems. Although this is a beginner's course, you'll learn more easily if you already have an understanding of standard programming topics like variables, if-else statements, and functions. Experience with another object-oriented program, though not essential, will also be beneficial. If Python is your first attempt at computer programming, this book will help you understand the basics with adequate detail for a motivated student.
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Corey Wade, M.S. Mathematics, M.F.A. Writing & Consciousness, is
the founder and director of Berkeley Coding Academy where he
teaches Machine Learning and AI to teens from all over the world.
Additionally, Corey chairs the Math Department at Berkeley
Independent Study where he has received multiple grants to run
after-school coding programs to help bridge the tech skills gap.
Additional experiences include teaching Natural Language Processing
with Hello World, developing Data Science curricula with
Pathstream, and publishing statistics and machine learning models
with Towards Data Science, Springboard, and Medium.
Mario Corchero Jimenez is a senior software developer at Bloomberg.
He leads the Python infrastructure team in London, enabling the
company to work effectively in Python and building company-wide
libraries and tools. His professional experience is mainly in C++
and Python, and he has contributed some patches to multiple Python
open source projects. He is a PSF fellow, having received the Q3
2018 PSF Community Award, is vice president of Python Espaa (the
Python Spain association), and has served as Chair of PyLondinium,
PyConES17, and PyCon Charlas at PyCon 2018. Mario is passionate
about the Python community, open source, and inner source.
Andrew Bird is the data and analytics manager of Vesparum Capital.
He leads the software and data science teams at Vesparum,
overseeing full-stack web development in Django/React. He is an
Australian actuary (FIAA, CERA) who has previously worked with
Deloitte Consulting in financial services. Andrew also currently
works as a full-stack developer for Draftable Pvt. Ltd. He manages
the ongoing development of the donation portal for the Effective
Altruism Australia website on a voluntary basis. Andrew has also
co-written one of our bestselling titles, "The Python
Workshop".
Dr Lau Cher Han is a Chief data scientist, and currently the CEO of
LEAD, an institution that provides programs on data science, full
stack web development, and digital marketing. Well-versed in
programming languages: JavaScript, Python, C# and so on he is
experienced in web frameworks: MEAN Stack, ASP.NET, Python Django
and is multilingual, speaking English, Chinese, Bahasa fluently.
His knowledge of Chinese spreads even into its dialects: Hokkien,
Teochew, and Cantonese.
Graham Lee is an experienced programmer and writer. He has written
books including Professional Cocoa Application Security,
Test-Driven iOS Development, APPropriate Behaviour and APPosite
Concerns. He is a developer who's been programming for long enough
to want to start telling other people about the mistakes he's made,
in the hope that they'll avoid repeating them. In his case, this
means having worked for about 12 years as a professional. His first
programming experience can hardly be called professional at all: as
it was in BASIC, on a Dragon 32 microcomputer.
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