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 * [[https://youtu.be/uCzFUKWtzgA?list=PLboXykqtm8dy_DNg1NZiS08Dnyj35PWXw|Python for Beginners Programming Tutorials]]: Installation, IDE, variables, functions, strings, lists, OOP

Python for Non-Programmers

If you've never programmed before, the tutorials on this page are recommended for you; they don't assume that you have previous experience. If you have programming experience, also check out the BeginnersGuide/Programmers page.

Books

Each of these books can be purchased online and is also available as a completely free website.

  • Automate the Boring Stuff with Python - Practical Programming for Total Beginners by Al Sweigart is "written for office workers, students, administrators, and anyone who uses a computer to learn how to code small, practical programs to automate tasks on their computer." ||Python 3 ||website ||print version ||

  • How To Think Like a Computer Scientist is a classic open-source book by Allen Downey with contributions from Jeffrey Elkner and Chris Meyers. It was updated to Python 3 by Peter Wentworth. ||Python 2 ||website ||print version || ||Python 3 ||website ||print version ||

  • Making Games with Python & Pygame by Al Sweigart introduces the Pygame framework for novices and intermediate programmers to make graphical games. ||Python 3 ||website ||print version ||

Interactive Courses

These sites give you instant feedback on programming problems that you can solve in your browser.

  • CheckiO is a gamified website containing programming tasks that can be solved in either Python 2 or 3.

  • Computer Science Circles has 30 lessons, 100 exercises, and a message system where you can ask for help. Teachers can use it with their students. It is also available in Dutch, French, German and Lithuanian. (Python 3)

  • DataCamp Python Tutorial (Python 3) Unlike most other Python tutorials this 4 hour tutorial by DataCamp focuses on Python specifically for Data Science. It has 57 interactive exercises and 11 videos.

  • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition (Python 3.x) is an interactive reimagination of Elkner, Downey and Meyer's book with visualizations and audio explanations.

  • Python on Codecademy (Python 2)

  • Python story-based game (Python 2) Merscythe: Adventures with the Codue is a story-based game for learning Python. The tutorials provide feedback and hints.

K-12 Oriented (for Children)

  • Build a "Pypet" Learn programming fundamentals in Python while building a tamagotchi style "Pypet" by Tatiana Tylosky.

  • Guido van Robot A teaching tool in which students write simple programs using a Python-like language to control a simulated robot. Field-tested at Yorktown High School, the project includes a lesson plan.

  • PythonTurtle A learning environment for Python suitable for beginners and children, inspired by Logo. Geared mainly towards children, but known to be successful with adults as well.

  • Python story-based game (Python 2) Merscythe: Adventures with the Codue is a story-based game for learning Python. The tutorials provide feedback and hints.

Tutorials and Websites

  • A Byte of Python, by Swaroop C.H., is also an introductory text for people with no previous programming experience. (Python 2)

  • After Hours Programming Python 3 Tutorial (Python 3)

  • Ask Python Absolute Beginners Python Tutorial (Python 3)

  • Instant Hacking A minimal crash course by Magnus Lie Hetland that's an excellent starting point. (Python 2)

  • Learning to Program An introduction to programming for those who have never programmed before, by Alan Gauld. It introduces several programming languages but has a strong emphasis on Python. (Python 2 and 3)

  • The Wikibooks Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python by Josh Cogliati is available for both Python 2 and Python 3.

  • One Day of IDLE Toying A very gentle introduction to the IDLE development environment that comes with Python. This tutorial by Danny Yoo has been translated into nine different languages. (Python 2)

  • The Python tips blog includes Python tips and tutorials for beginners and professional programmers.

  • There is a Python Tutorial in Python's documentation set. It's not written with non-programmers in mind, but it will give you an idea of the language's flavor and style. It is available for both Python 2 and Python 3.

  • The Python-Course.eu website has an extensive tutorial for complete beginners, in both Python 2 and Python 3, with lots of illustrations.

  • Pythonspot Tutorials Python tutorials.

  • The Python Guru A beginner friendly guide for aspiring programmers.

Tutorials for Scientific Audiences

These websites are written in support of science courses, but are general enough that anyone can learn from them.

  • Beginning Python for Bioinformatics by Patrick O'Brien. An introduction to Python aimed at biologists that introduces the PyCrust shell and Python's basic data types.

  • Handbook of the Physics Computing Course Also available in various forms at the author's Python in Education page, this is a preliminary course handbook for 1st-year university students with no computing experience. This course material is still preliminary and assumes some high school-level maths. It does not cover object-oriented programming or graphical applications. (Python 2)

  • Pasteur Institute courses are aimed at biologists but are useful to anyone wanting to learn Python. Introduction to Programming using Python is for people completely new to programming.

  • The Programming Historian is a tutorial-style introduction to programming for practicing historians. It assumes that you're starting out with no prior programming experience and only a basic understanding of computers. (Python 2)

Videos

Tools

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