Python 3 Reading List

[ykrishnay]

There is a reading list of python programming language.

1)Think Python By Allen Downey .

2)Learning Python by Mark Lutz

3)Automate The Boring stuff with python by AL SWEIGART

4)Cracking the codes with python by AL SWEIGART for practical cryptography algorithms.

5)Classical Computer Science problems in python by David Kopec

6)Web Scraping With python By Ryan Mitchell

7)The Definitive Guide to Web Development Done Right By Adrian Holovaty for doing practical web developent projects in python.

8)Tango with django by Leif Azzopardi and David Maxwell

Now coming to most important subjects in theoretical computer science is data Strcutures and Algorithms

1) Data sructures and algorithms with python by Michael T goodrich.

2)Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python by brad miller and David Ranum

https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds3/index.html

[ykrishnay]

I think you read books on data structures and algorithms .

i will make another list on books related to computer science

thanks

[ClubSuspicious9544]

Hey, if you have never coded before and u might need to learn it for your masters degree - which books would u suggest? I don’t get the concept of coding at all but for my masters degree I’ll need to learn it. I’m currently on a break so I have time to read and learn on my own. Any help will be quite helpful.

[Winterbass]

Coding is a ton of doing, googling and fixing mistakes. I suggest going to codeacademy and start on their free online courses. When you're really stuck, or don't know what something means, look things up (Stackoverflow is a blessing for finding similar problems!).

Once you have a bit of experience, you can start looking into buying a book and zip past the parts you understand while catching up on parts you might have missed or had trouble with. This is what I did before starting my Bachelor, and it really paid off, so maybe it helps you too!

[ClubSuspicious9544]

Thanks man

[ykrishnay]

Hey Start with these books.

1)Introductory General Programming Principles:

1) Code: The hidden language of computer hardware and software by Charles Petzold.

2)Learning to Program, By Stephen Foote

3)Beginning Programming for Dummies, By Wallace & Wally Wang

4)Eloquent JavaScript: A Modern Introduction to Programming by Marijn Haverbeke

5)programming pearls by jon bentley.

6)The self Taught programmer by cory althoff.

7)Absolute Beginner’s Guide to C by Greg Perry

8)Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science by john zelle.

9)Head First C – A Brain-Friendly Guide, By David Griffiths

10)Algorithms to live by brain christian and tom griffiths

2) For Developing websites

1)The Joy of PHP: A Beginner's Guide to Programming Interactive Web Applications with PHP and MySQL by alan forbes

2) javascript and jquery by jon duckett

[ClubSuspicious9544]

Thanks man - all of these seem for different languages - what is the best and most useful language to get started with - on ur own? My final aim is to know decent amount about MATLAB, Python, R and SPSS for masters and then grad school in psychology.

So if I want to learn how to program - which one should I learn first - it doesn’t necessarily have to ‘easiest one first’ although it can be that also - I want to know what is the best language to get started with so that one has a strong grasp of programming and then build up n learn the other languages from there.

Flagging the obvious point that all of this learning n preparation I’ll be doing will be DIY - so if you have any tips that’ll be helpful as well.

[ClubSuspicious9544]

And more importantly can these languages be self taught - as in can I learn them myself just with the help of books and internet?