The Complete Practical Guide from Your First Line of Code to Real Applications

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A 591-page beginner-friendly guide to Python: from your first line of code to testing, data analysis, web APIs, automation, and two complete projects.

What you will learn

• Ch 1 · Welcome to Programming and Python
• Ch 2 · Setting Up: Installing Python, Editors, and Running Code
• Ch 3 · Values, Variables, and Types
• Ch 4 · Numbers, Math, and Strings
• Ch 5 · Input, Output, and Your First Programs
• Ch 6 · Making Decisions: Booleans, Comparisons, and if Statements
• Ch 7 · Loops: while, for, and range
• Ch 8 · Lists and Tuples
• Ch 9 · Dictionaries and Sets
• Ch 10 · Working with Text: String Methods and Formatting
• Ch 11 · Functions: Defining, Calling, and Returning Values
• Ch 12 · Scope, Arguments, and Lambda Functions
• Ch 13 · Modules, Packages, and the Standard Library
• Ch 14 · Handling Errors: Exceptions and Debugging
• Ch 15 · Files and Data: Text, CSV, and JSON
• Ch 16 · Classes and Objects
• Ch 17 · Inheritance, Composition, and Special Methods
• Ch 18 · Comprehensions, Iterators, and Generators
• Ch 19 · Type Hints, Dataclasses, and Clean Code
• Ch 20 · Virtual Environments, pip, and Project Structure
• Ch 21 · Testing Your Code with pytest
• Ch 22 · Working with Data: pandas and Visualization
• Ch 23 · Talking to the Web: HTTP Requests and APIs
• Ch 24 · Building a Web App or API with Flask and FastAPI
• Ch 25 · Automation and Scripting: Files, Folders, and Tasks
• Ch 26 · Where to Go Next: Async, Databases, and More
• Ch 27 · Project: The Orbit Store Command-Line App
• Ch 28 · Project: Orbit Store Sales Dashboard and API

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