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Dead Simple Python: Idiomatic Python for the Impatient Programmer

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The complete core language for existing programmers.

Dead Simple Python is a thorough introduction to every feature of the Python language for programmers who are impatient to write production code. Instead of revisiting elementary computer science topics, you’ll dive deep into idiomatic Python patterns so you can write professional Python programs in no time.

After speeding through Python’s basic syntax and setting up a complete programming environment, you’ll learn to work with Python’s dynamic data typing, its support for both functional and object-oriented programming techniques, special features like generator expressions, and advanced topics like concurrency. You’ll also learn how to package, distribute, debug, and test your Python project.

Master how to:

Make Python's dynamic typing work for you to produce cleaner, more adaptive code.
Harness advanced iteration techniques to structure and process your data.
Design classes and functions that work without unwanted surprises or arbitrary constraints.
Use multiple inheritance and introspection to write classes that work intuitively.
Improve your code's responsiveness and performance with asynchrony, concurrency, and parallelism.
Structure your Python project for production-grade testing and distribution

The most pedantically pythonic primer ever printed, Dead Simple Python will take you from working with the absolute basics to coding applications worthy of publication.

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1718500920
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2022
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'An ideal choice' "An invaluable resource for those looking to learn the fundamentals of the Python programming language. . . . an ideal choice for Python beginners who want to quickly advance from the bare basics to production-level coding." —Ben Lutkevich, TechTarget	'Good starting point' "Makes a good starting point for those contemplating a serious Python effort and who need to start with the basics." —Lee Teschler, Microcontroller Tips	'Practical approach' "I especially enjoyed the practical approach to getting started with developing code using tools like virtual environments . . . definitely worth adding to your library." — Paul Ferrill, freelancer for a variety of magazines and websites

About the Author

Jason C. McDonald is a software developer, speaker, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. By day, he works as a Principal Consultant at Rural Sourcing, specializing in Python software engineering. By night, he is the founder of MousePaw Media, an open source software organization where he trains software development interns. You can usually find him haunting his local coffee shops.

About the Publisher

No Starch Press has published the finest in geek entertainment since 1994, creating both timely and timeless titles like Python Crash Course, Python for Kids, How Linux Works, and Hacking: The Art of Exploitation. An independent, San Francisco-based publishing company, No Starch Press focuses on a curated list of well-crafted books that make a difference. They publish on many topics, including computer programming, cybersecurity, operating systems, and LEGO. The titles have personality, the authors are passionate experts, and all the content goes through extensive editorial and technical reviews. Long known for its fun, fearless approach to technology, No Starch Press has earned wide support from STEM enthusiasts worldwide.

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"An invaluable resource for those looking to learn the fundamentals of the Python programming language. . . . Dead Simple Python is an ideal choice for Python beginners who want to quickly advance from the bare basics to production-level coding."
—Ben Lutkevich, TechTarget

"Definitely a book that any Python programmer NEEDS to have on [their] bookshelf!"
—Full Circle Magazine

"Makes a good starting point for those contemplating a serious Python effort and who need to start with the basics."
—Lee Teschler, Microcontroller Tips

"The book that anyone who wants to become an expert Python programmer should read. . . . I don't believe that anyone who works through the material in this book will fail to become a competent and confident Python coder. It is quite a fantastic book."
—Sandra Henry-Stocker, NetworkWorld

"Reasonably paced and clear. . . . I expect that I’ll refer to the book the next time I start a small Python project."
—Paul Floyd, ACCU

"I especially enjoyed the practical approach to getting started with developing code using tools like virtual environments. It's a hefty book coming in at almost 700 pages but definitely worth adding to your library."
—Paul Ferrill, freelancer for a variety of magazines and websites

About the Author

Jason C. McDonald is a software developer, speaker, and author of both fiction and non-fiction. By day, he works as a Principal Consultant at Sparq, specializing in Python software engineering. By night, he is the founder of MousePaw Media, an open source software organization where he trains software development interns. You can usually find him haunting his local coffee shops.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ No Starch Press (November 22, 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 752 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1718500920
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1718500921
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.01 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1.62 x 9.25 inches

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- #286 in Software Development (Books)

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A three-time traumatic brain injury survivor, Jason C. McDonald's passion for communication permeates everything he does. As a speaker, an author of both fiction and non-fiction, a songwriter, and a mentor, he lives to encourage and empower others to reach their full potential. Beyond his career as a software engineer and project manager, Jason can often be found clattering away on his typewriter in one of his favorite local coffee shops. Otherwise, he's probably out gardening, walking his dogs, and just enjoying being at home in Minnesota.

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Thomas Taylor

Great book.

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Great Book.
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Solid Info and to the Point

Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2023

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This book has zero fluff and no reiteration of basic stuff in it. I couldn’t stop reading it after I got it till 3am. I have most other top tier Python books, but I am super glad I got this. So much densely useful information. Highly recommended.

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Bucky Walsh

This Takes You Beyond Just Learning How to Write Some Code

Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023

Say you learned Python for a class, or because that's what the other cool kids were doing or for any other reason. There is a knowledge gap between knowing how to write 500 lines of Python that works, and knowing how to work professionally in Python. This book answers a lot of questions not easily found elsewhere, and points you well down to road of how to use the language for more than the occasional coding chore. It won't make you a professional python coder - only a job as a coder will do that, but it may be able to give you the hooks needed to get that job. At a minimum it can teach you aspects of the language and the python environment you did not know.

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The best book about python that I've read

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2023

I just can't stop reading it. It is definitely not for beginners or people who just want to look through. It is a really deep book without redundancy and repetition but with an explanation of why Python works in that way and with the sharing of really good practices. The rubric "pedantic note" is amazing!

This book is so awesome that I wrote my first review for a book on the Internet. Highly recommended!

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cwm9

Should have been called "Dead Simple Python for Impatient Experienced Programmers."

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2023

This book is anything but "simple," and certainly not for beginners.

This book a mostly excellent introduction to Python for people who have been programming for years. There are no unnecessary explanations of what a loop is, just a to-the-point list of everything you need to know to transition from Java/C++/whatever into Python.

The book skips past all the beginner stuff and covers all the things you didn't know you needed to know about Python (virtual environments, package management, etc.) in the very first few chapters. It blows by all the basics, giving you a terse overview of the syntax, with variations, and some examples that limit themselves to demonstrating the topic at hand. There are no long source code listings, no attempt to develop an app from nothing to completion.

Because it doesn't waste time teaching you what a switch statement is for (or, rather, what the python equivalent is for), the book is able to cover more advanced concepts.

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Landyn

A must read, especially if you're taking classes or courses!

Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023

Amazing supplemental book to use with courses and online classes, I'm sure it's good on its own but personally have adhd and find that videos for learning/practice and books for closing gaps and extra knowledge is best for me.
Book Quality is fantastic! The pages are thick, with nice big font that doesn't seem to be wasting space. Easy to read. The writer has alot of talent. To be honest this may be the combination of studies I'm doing where things just click but this writer Explains things in python that other courses and books simply just ignore or brush over. I have my book from my local library and honestly still want to buy this. I will say that if a personal is rating a book one star with no actually review. Don't trust it. This book is amazing.

A recommendation for supplemental course for free on YouTube is Christian Koch for the basics and on Udemy he teaches everything with Pygame projects. Using this book and those coueses to get trained up for my compaies new direction in automation and my first steps to professionally learn python for work and these are amazing in getting me upto date. Wish everyone the best in there learning and really recommend this book!

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Easy to read Python book

Reviewed in Canada on June 29, 2023

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Delivery from Amazon is great. No damage to the book, received in good condition of the book.

Samuel Tissot

One of the best coding book i've read and I have read a lot

Reviewed in Canada on May 23, 2023

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I come from a C++, Java, Go background but I wanted to learn Python for it's speed in prototyping ideas. This book is giving me all the tools I need. I refer to it on a daily basis.

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AnaK

very well written and useful book

Reviewed in Germany on January 6, 2023

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This book is positioned by publishers as "introduction to python for programmers who are impatient to write production code." And I can’t characterise it better!
It’s a perfect book for someone who came to python from another language, often confused by things not working as expected, but getting bored by standard "introduction to python" materials at "data types" chapter. I also enjoyed style of author and his respect to the reader!

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