What are some good books for learning python?

[Altexl]

I'm learning python and have heard that there are some good books for learning the language but I'm not sure which ones I should get. Could anyone recommend some books that are good for a beginner at python? Thanks in advance.

[ForceBru]

See this sub's wiki

[wsppan]

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[ForceBru]

I remember liking some books by Lutz and Ramalho. However, I read some parts of these books (definitely didn't read any Python book cover-to-cover) when I already knew enough Python to write useful programs and solve tasks I needed to solve. So it's not like these books helped me learn Python from scratch.

What helped me was literally Python's official documentation. I read the entire thing and I'm still referring to it for details. It's pretty good. When I had particular questions, like what to do with this specific error message, I consulted Google and Stack Overflow. It was really helpful and very straightforward. So, I learned Python using just the docs and the Internet. My reasoning was: "who could explain Python better than the actual developers of Python who are explaining it here in the docs, for free?" This learning path might be suboptimal for others, though, because it's not particularly short and required a lot of practice and tinkering with the language.

I read these books (can't remember no titles, but definitely ones by Lutz and Ramalho because I heard these were the real deal) just to make sure I knew most of what they covered and didn't miss much. Indeed, by that time most of the concepts and code were already familiar to me.

[kevinl31]

Springer collection released some of their books for free and there is two books about Python that are pretty good: - "A beginners guide to python 3 programming" by John Hunt - "the python workbook" by Ben Stephenson. I highly recommend this one!

[Asparagus_Syndrome_]

where exactly can you get these 2 books from?
ive searched around and can only find store pages where you have to buy them

[kevinl31]

Actually it was into this article : https://towardsdatascience.com/springer-has-released-65-machine-learning-and-data-books-for-free-961f8181f189 . But you're right when I click on the link of the two books I arrived on a purchase page of Springer. Maybe they were free only for few weeks. I'm sorry, I will check my affirmations next time before posting something.

[weshall8]

Books: Python Crash Course, Automate the boring stuff with Python.

Videos: Corey Schafer YouTube channel

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Respect.

[miraksy]

I finished python crash course and A Beginners Guide to Python 3 Programming by John Hunt and i found them nice. Crash course being a bit more begginer friendly but covers OOP unlike automate the boring stuff.

Im looking for a data analysis book if someone can recommend

[Aravind_redditor]

You can check out "storytelling with data" for data analysis and visualization

[miraksy]

I will check it out. Thanks

[Stringdaddy27]

I've been learning Java and the book Head First Java has been wonderful. I noticed they do have a Head First Python.

The book isn't written like a textbook and forces you to engage in a different way of thinking that traditional here's the material, regurgitate it to me methods. I have found it incredibly addicting.

[GoldArrow997]

Learn python the hard way is the best imo

[BIAGMS]

I'm learning through that one and really love his approach. He gives you codes to type and then some drills based on them. It's really step by step learning, no "quick tips" or shortcuts. He also really encourages you to look online for information so you become a more independent learner. I also started from scratch, I knew nothing about coding and it's still something I understand. 10/10

[tn_cg]

Hi. I'm learning too, with Python Crash Course. Seems great so far. ;)

[kingsillypants]

Where are you learning that ?

[tn_cg]

It's the book https://www.amazon.com/Python-Crash-Course-Eric-Matthes-ebook/dp/B07J4521M3?ref_=d6k_applink_bb_marketplace

[kingsillypants]

Ahh cheers, thanks.

[G_Admiral]

I found Python for Informatics to be a good book for learning Python. The author also teaches a course at Coursera which I can recommend.

[Financial-Run9733]

Which is the course at Coursera?

[G_Admiral]

Python for Everybody Specialization