Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach by Guzdial, Mark J., Ericson, Barbara [Prentice Hall, 2009] (Paperback) 2nd Edition [Paperback]

by Guzdial

Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python, A Multimedia Approach by...

Genres: Computer Science, Programming, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Austin Kinghorn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid book, got through pretty much every chapter. But the book wasn't as interactive as I would have preferred. It gave a lot of media examples and decent explanations but wasn't very interested in the sort of "think about it this way," or "as you are trying this on your virtual machine, you would expect..." which might have been preferred for my learning style.

[Jeanette · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's trying but it's a kind of out-dated textbook since it deals with Python 2 and we're in Python 3 by now. I honestly don't think it's particularly useful to learn programming from a book, and mostly when I wanted to look things up I looked them up on stack overflow anyway.

[Jasmine B · Rating 4 out of 5]

I actually didn't finish reading this, but used it for a university course. It's the only physical book I own.