What's worth reading about Python in 2024? Five good books
There can never be too much literature – neither artistic nor technical. This also applies to books on programming languages, including Python. Developers, both new and experienced, need reliable guidance to improve their skills. Today's selection includes five books that can be useful for any Python developer.
Python Programming with Examples and Problems
Author: Alexey Vasiliev
The book reveals basic concepts and explains the meaning of operators, lists, and functions. The author talks about how to work with files, exception handling and GUI. To reinforce the material, there are practical assignments at the end of each chapter. It is recommended to perform them, since this is how you can finally master the theory.
The advantage of the publication is that it is presented in a fairly simple manner, so that novice specialists will not have difficulty understanding it. The book is well structured and the main points are well covered by the author.
Overall, Programming is a great option for a basic introduction to the basics of Python development. For mid-level specialists, something more advanced will be required.
Learning Python Programming
Author: Barry Paul
The structure of this book is a little unusual, but, according to those who have read it, it allows you to quickly and efficiently master the material. The author tells how to develop a web application and interact with databases. It also covers the basics of exception handling and the use of various useful Python tools.
Among the topics touched upon by the author, it is worth highlighting:
working with data structures: lists, dictionaries, tuples;
creating web applications using Flask;
access to databases via DB-API;
working with objects, decorators and generators;
writing code using modules.
The advantage of the book is its accessibility; in it the author talks very clearly about quite complex things. In addition, theory is reinforced by practice, which is extremely important for mastering any programming language.
Among the shortcomings, readers highlight the lack of new editions of the book – since it was written, Python has been updated several times. But in any case, “Learning Programming” can be recommended to entry-level developers.
Python Basics. Learn to think like a programmer
Author: Downey Allen B.
This book can be useful not only for beginners, but also for intermediate programmers who want to remember forgotten moments. The fact is that the author reveals topics of varying complexity – from simple to more advanced. In addition, there are a large number of examples and practical tasks that reinforce theoretical training.
Among the advantages of the book is the clarity of the presentation of the material: the author talks about complex topics in an accessible way. There is nothing superfluous in the publication at all; everything can be put into action. In addition, the author talks about the main points of writing programs, although he no longer uses the very basics.
Simple Python. Modern programming style. 2nd ed.
Author: Lubanovitch Bill
The author starts with the basics of Python, talks about the standard library, finding and installing third-party packages. Further, he covers more complex topics, helping to master various practices of testing, debugging, code reuse, etc.
The new edition, which has been significantly improved, contains more than 100 new pages with information useful for developers. Among the things worth mentioning is the section on data types, variables, information about third-party libraries. Talks about containers, clouds, Data Science and machine learning.
The positive aspects of the book are clear presentation, well-thought-out structure, and a large number of practical tasks. This, like other publications, is an important point, since without mastering the material received, it will not be possible to consolidate it.
The book is suitable for both beginning developers and specialists already familiar with the world of programming.
Python. The most comprehensive development guide with examples from the Stack Overflow community
Author: Stack Overflow
This tutorial contains many code examples from the Stack Overflow community. Of course, all this can be discovered on your own. But the authors tried to present the material in doses and structure. Accordingly, you can find a large number of useful code examples that make it possible to improve your skills. This book can be useful for both relatively “green” beginners and more experienced specialists.
Among the advantages are the absence of water, a large number of code examples, i.e. many useful cases that, in general, everyone needs. By the way, the book does not teach the language, but rather serves as an auxiliary tool that allows you to quickly master the necessary facet of Python.
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