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- [[preface]]
- [preface]
- == Preface
- Python is probably one of the few programming languages which is both simple and powerful. This is
- good for beginners as well as for experts, and more importantly, is fun to program with. This book
- aims to help you learn this wonderful language and show how to get things done quickly and
- painlessly - in effect 'The Anti-venom to your programming problems'.
- === Who This Book Is For
- This book serves as a guide or tutorial to the Python programming language. It is mainly targeted
- at newbies. It is useful for experienced programmers as well.
- The aim is that if all you know about computers is how to save text files, then you can learn
- Python from this book. If you have previous programming experience, then you can also learn Python
- from this book.
- If you do have previous programming experience, you will be interested in the differences between
- Python and your favorite programming language - I have highlighted many such differences. A little
- warning though, Python is soon going to become your favorite programming language!
- === Official Website
- The official website of the book is {homepage} where you can read the whole book online, download
- the latest versions of the book, {buy}[buy a printed hard copy] and also send me feedback.
- === Something To Think About
- [quote,C. A. R. Hoare]
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- There are two ways of constructing a software design: one way is to make it so simple that there
- are obviously no deficiencies; the other is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious
- deficiencies.
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- [quote,C. W. Wendte]
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- Success in life is a matter not so much of talent and opportunity as of concentration and
- perseverance.
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