Learn how to program with Python 3 from beginning to end. Python 101 starts off with the fundamentals of Python and then builds onto what you’ve learned from there.

Some people think Python is just for writing little scripts to glue together “real” code, like C++ or Haskell. However you will find Python to be useful in almost any situation.

In Part I, we will learn the basics of the Python programming language. This section of the book should get you ready to use all the building blocks of Python so that you will be ready to tackle …

Python comes with its own code editor: IDLE (Integrated Development and Learning Environment). There is some lore that the name for IDLE comes from Eric Idle, an actor in …

Wrapping Up In this chapter you just learned how to construct a Python list, tuple and dictionary. Make sure you understand everything in this section before moving on. These concepts will …

What’s up with the percent sign? In Python, the % is called a modulus operator. When you use the modulus operator, it will return the remainder. There is no remainder when you divide an …

It tells Python that you may be inserting text soon. If you follow the string with a percent sign and another string or variable, then Python will attempt to insert it into the string.

A Brief History of Python About the Author Conventions Requirements Reader Feedback Errata Part I - Learning the Basics Chapter 1 - IDLE Programming Using IDLE Other Tips Wrapping …

You can make your own if you really want to, but this book is focused on learning Python fundamentals, so we’re going to be only focusing on what’s included with Python in this chapter.

The function itself will print out both types of arguments. As you can see, the args parameter turns into a tuple and kwargs turns into a dictionary. You will see this type of coding used in the …