{"id":20,"date":"2019-08-29T11:34:52","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T11:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.emarketjournal.com\/w\/?p=20"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:38:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:38:48","slug":"learn-python-resources-and-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emarketjournal.com\/w\/technology\/learn-python-resources-and-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn Python &#8211; Resources and Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In Brief<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Three popular books to start learning Python:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (2nd Edition) by Allen B. Downey<\/li><li>Python Crash Course (2nd Edition) by Eric Matthes<\/li><li>Learning Python (5th Edition) by Mark Lutz<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reading List<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think Python<\/strong>: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (2nd Edition)<br>by Allen B. Downey<br>Paperback: 292 pages<br>Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; 2 edition (December 28, 2015)<br>ISBN-10: 1491939362 | ISBN-13: 978-1491939369<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Python Crash Course<\/strong>: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming (2nd Edition)<br>by Eric Matthes<br>Paperback: 544 pages<br>Publisher: No Starch Press; 2 edition (May 3, 2019)<br>ISBN-10: 1593279280 | ISBN-13: 978-1593279288<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learn Python the Hard Way<\/strong> (3rd Edition)<br>by Zed A. Shaw<br>Series: Zed Shaw&#8217;s Hard Way Series<br>Paperback: 320 pages<br>Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; 3 edition (October 11, 2013)<br>ISBN-10: 0321884914 | ISBN-13: 978-0321884916<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Python in 24 Hours<\/strong>, Sams Teach Yourself (2nd Edition)<br>Author: Katie Cunningham<br>Paperback: 320 pages<br>Publisher: Sams Publishing; 2 edition (October 11, 2013)<br>ISBN-10: 0672336871 | ISBN-13: 978-0672336874<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Python Algorithms<\/strong>: Mastering Basic Algorithms in the Python Language (2nd Edition)<strong><br><\/strong>by Magnus Lie Hetland<br>Paperback: 320 pages<br>Publisher: Apress; 2nd ed. edition (September 4, 2014)<br>ISBN-10: 148420056X | ISBN-13: 978-1484200568<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>P<strong>ython 3 Object-Oriented Programming<\/strong>: Python 3.8 (3rd Edition)<br>by Dusty Phillips<br>Paperback: 466 pages<br>Publisher: Packt Publishing (October 30, 2018)<br>ISBN-10: 1789615852 | ISBN-13: 978-1789615852<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning Python<\/strong> (5th Edition)<br>Author: Mark Lutz<br>Paperback: 1600 pages<br>Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; Fifth Edition edition (July 6, 2013)<br>ISBN-10: 1449355730 | ISBN-13: 978-1449355739<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Python Cookbook<\/strong> (3rd Edition)<br>Author: David Beazley, Brian K. Jones<br>Paperback: 706 pages<br>Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; Third Edition edition (June 1, 2013)<br>ISBN-10: 1449340377 | ISBN-13: 978-1449340377<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fluent Python <\/strong>(1st Edition)<br>by Luciano Ramalho (Author)<br>Paperback: 792 pages<br>Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; 1 edition (August 20, 2015)<br>ISBN-10: 1491946008 | ISBN-13: 978-1491946008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Introduction to Machine Learning with Python<\/strong>: A Guide for Data Scientists (1st Edition)<br>by Andreas C. M\u00fcller and Sarah Guido<br>Paperback: 400 pages<br>Publisher: O&#8217;Reilly Media; 1 edition (October 21, 2016)<br>ISBN-10: 1449369413 | ISBN-13: 978-1449369415<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Discussion<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent stable releases of Python include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>3.7.4 \/ 8 July 2019<\/li><li>2.7.16 \/ 4 March 2019<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When shopping for a book on Python, make sure that the book covers your preferred version of Python, namely 3.x or 2.x. Most recently published books will cover both versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that support for Python 2.7, which will be the last release in the 2.x series, has been extended to 1 January 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, if you&#8217;re going to be heavily using Python for Data Science, you might consider looking into the Anaconda distribution, which bundles some useful tools and manages package dependencies in order to avoid conflict with other versions of Python that you may be running on your system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Brief Three popular books to start learning Python: Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (2nd Edition) by Allen B. Downey Python Crash Course (2nd Edition) by Eric Matthes Learning Python (5th Edition) by Mark Lutz Reading List Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (2nd Edition)by Allen B. 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