Python Programming Fundamentals

I chose this book to learn python for two reasons. Firstly it is supported by a series of 'you tube' videos presented by the author. These are very well made and from these it is possible to get a feel for the book and gauge whether the level is right for you. Secondly the videos are done using a Mac OSX computer which is what I use so I was confident that I would not have any problems installing software etc.In addition to basic programming concepts the book briefly covers the different parts of a computer and binary arithmetic. It also covers the wing IDE, turtle and tkinter. It is well laid out with illustrations where needed and plenty of practice examples.I found it a very useful book.To anyone considering buying a book on python I would suggest they first view some of the videos (search for "python kent lee") from these they will be able to judge whether the book is for them or not.

Its in colour !! this is quite a different book than others I have read in that it deals with an IDE, (Wing 101 - free) and uses this as an aid to teaching the language, in which it succeeds fairly well. You have to hunt around to find the links for the on-line files and the printing of the code is quite small.However overall I would recommend this book to anyone setting out to learn Python.

Very well explained. Good exercises.