Ever wished you could learn Python from a book? Head First Python is a complete learning experience for Python that helps you learn the language through a unique method that goes beyond syntax and how-to manuals, helping you understand how to be a great Python programmer. You'll quickly learn the language's fundamentals, then move onto persistence, exception handling, web development, SQLite, data wrangling, and Google App Engine. You'll also learn how to write mobile apps for Android, all thanks to the power that Python gives you.
We think your time is too valuable to waste struggling with new concepts. Using the latest research in cognitive science and learning theory to craft a multi-sensory learning experience, Head First Python uses a visually rich format designed for the way your brain works, not a text-heavy approach that puts you to sleep.
Paul Barry recently worked out that he has been programming for close to a quarter century, a fact that came as a bit of a shock. In that time, Paul has programmed in lots of different programming languages, lived and worked in two countries on two continents, got married, had three kids (well…his wife Deirdre actually had them, but Paul was there), completed a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Computing, written or cowritten three other books, as well as a bunch of technical articles for Linux Journal (where he’s a Contributing Editor). When Paul first saw Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, he loved it so much he knew immediately that the Head First approach would be a great way to teach programming. Hewas only too delighted then, together with David Griffiths, to create Head First Programming in an attempt to prove his hunch correct.
Paul’s day job is working as a lecturer at The Institute of Technology, Carlow, in Ireland. As part of the Department of Computing and Networking, Paul gets to spend his day exploring, learning, and teaching programming technologies to his students, including Python.
Paul recently completed a post-graduate certificate in Learning and Teaching and was more than a bit relieved to discover that most of what he does conforms to current thirdlevel best practice.
