There are many more people who want to study programming other than aspiring computer scientists with a passing grade in advanced calculus. This guide appeals to your intelligence and ability to solve practical problems, while gently teaching the most recent revision of the programming language Python.
You can learn solid software design skills and accomplish practical programming tasks, like extending applications and automating everyday processes, even if you have no programming experience at all. Authors Tim Hall and J–P Stacey use everyday language to decode programming jargon and teach Python 3 to the absolute beginner.
Fall 2013--my first mystery, DEAD STOCK, has been published by Cozy Cat Press. Available at Amazon for Kindle or paperback.
Previously, Journalist, independent author and publisher. Two novels, HALF EMPTY and FULL OF IT, and two collections of stories, TRIUMPH OF THE WON'T and ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER.
My style is something I call Screwball Tragedy, finding the humor in pain and the ambivalence in redemption. Love, lust, and loss; conflict and confusion. Writing and reviews have appeared on Chicago Public Radio and in the Chicago Reader, NY Press, NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes Traveler, Time Out Chicago, Sheridan Sun, Texas Pan-American. Member of the Outsider Writers Collective, an international writers' organization with more than 700 members. http://timhallbooks.com