Python Programming for Beginners

Python Programming

Python Programming for Beginners

By Adam Stewart

Copyright © 2016 by Adam Stewart

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

Chapter 1: Learning About Python

The Origins of Python

Why Use Python?

Chapter 2: The Benefits and Negatives of Python

The Benefits of Python

The Negatives of Python

Chapter 3: Common Terms You Should Know with Python

Chapter 4: Getting Started with Python

Text Editor

Getting IDLE

Chapter 5: Learning the Basics of Python Programming

Chapter 6: A Bit More on Comments

Chapter 7: Variables and What They Do in Python

Conclusion

Introduction

Getting started in coding can be tough. You may have looked at a few of the most popular coding languages, such as C++ or Java and been a bit scared by what you saw. The pages may have been filled to the brim with letters and symbols that you just didn’t understand, and you became frustrated and just wanted to walk away. Many people are scared of programing and feel like it is just too hard for them. But with the Python programming language, you will find that it can be easier than ever to learn about coding and to even read it like a professional.

This guidebook is going to give you some of the basics that you need to get started with Python programming. We will start out a bit talking about what Python programming is as well as some of the steps that you should take in order to download the program, if it isn’t already present on your computer, and give you some more information to really understand why this program is so great. We will then move on to some keywords that will be useful to you when starting out with the program and even talk about the benefits and the drawbacks of using Python for all your coding and programing needs.

The rest of the guidebook is devoted to talking about some of the different things that you can do within the Python program as well as some examples of how each of these would work. We talk about adding comments into the code, working with strings and integers, and even spend some time working with variables so that they will show up right in the program. It is a great idea to experiment a bit with the process. Python makes it easy to test out your strings so that you can figure out what is going to work and what needs some more practice.

Getting started in programing can seem like a challenge. You may worry that you aren’t going to be able to figure it all out and all of those crazy programing languages may have scared you away in