Python is a true object-oriented language, and is available on a wide variety of platforms. There’s even a python interpreter written entirely in Java, further enhancing python’s position as an excellent …

Python Basics: A Practical Introduction to Python 3 Revised and Updated 4th Edition David Amos, Dan Bader, Joanna Jablonski, Fletcher Heisler Copyright © Real Python (realpython.com), 2012–2020

Introduction to Programming with Python Python Review. Modified slides from Marty Stepp and Moshe Goldstein

This is our first python program. It is customary to have a programmer's first program write "hello world" (inspired by the first program in Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's classic book, 'The C …

Python data types Every object in Python has a “type” (in Python, identical to “class”) Fundamental data types include str, int, float, complex, list, tuple, dict, set, bool, and others.

Rather than interactively entering code into the Python Shell, we can enter it in the Editor Pane, where we can edit it and save it away as a file with the .py extension (a Python program).

This chapter prepares you to learn how to program with Python.