It's an ideal way to begin, whether you're new to programming or a professional developer versed in other languages.

Complete with quizzes, exercises, and helpful illustrations, this easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial gets you started with Python 3.12 and all other releases in use today. With a pragmatic focus on what you need to know, it also introduces some advanced language features that have become increasingly common in Python code.

This book helps you:Explore Python's built-in object types such as strings, lists, dictionaries, and files

Create and process objects with Python statements, and learn Python's syntax model

Use functions and functional programming to avoid redundancy and maximize reuse

Organize code into larger components with modules and packages

Code robust programs with Python's exception handling and development tools

Apply object-oriented programming and classes to make code customizable

Survey advanced Python tools including decorators, descriptors, and metaclasses

Write idiomatic Python code that runs portably across a wide variety of platforms