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What Readers Are Saying About

Practical Programming, Second Edition

I wish I could go back in time and give this book to my 10-year-old self when I

first learned programming! It’s so much more engaging, practical, and accessible

than the dry introductory programming books that I tried (and often failed) to

comprehend as a kid. I love the authors’ hands-on approach of mixing explanations

with code snippets that students can type into the Python prompt.

➤ Philip Guo

Creator of Online Python Tutor ( WWW.PYTHONTUTOR.COM ) , Assistant Professor, Depart-

ment of Computer Science, University of Rochester

Practical Programming delivers just what it promises: a clear, readable, usable

introduction to programming for beginners. This isn’t just a guide to hacking

together programs. The book provides foundations to lifelong programming skills:

a crisp, consistent, and visual model of memory and execution and a design recipe

that will help readers produce quality software.

➤ Steven Wolfman

Senior Instructor, Department of Computer Science, University of British

Columbia

The second edition of this excellent text reflects the authors’ many years of expe-

rience teaching Python to beginning students. Topics are presented so that each

leads naturally to the next, and common novice errors and misconceptions are

explicitly addressed. The exercises at the end of each chapter invite interested

students to explore computer science and programming language topics.

➤ Kathleen Freeman

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of Computer and Information

Science, University of Oregon

Practical Programming, 2nd Edition

An Introduction to Computer Science Using Python 3

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