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- Learn a Pro Coding Language
- Create Games and Secret Messages
- Customize Your Projects
Learn Python, build cool stuff! Want to learn coding? Python is a great place to start! This book includes 10 fun step-by-step projects that help you learn coding basics with Python while you create guessing games, a geek-speak translator, and more!
- Get started - install Python, learn your way around it, and write your first program
- Explore it - take a guided tour from Python basics to building applications
- Build things - create encrypted messages, set up a math game, and have fun with silly sentences
List of contents
Introduction 1 Week 1: Slithering into Python 7
Project 1: Getting Started with Python 9
Project 2: Hello World! 35
Week 2: Building Guessing Games 57
Project 3: Guessing Game 59
Project 4: Set Up Your Coding Environment 84
Project 5: A Better Guessing Game 103
Week 3: Creating Word Games 141
Project 6: Hacker Speaker: 1337 Sp34k3r 143
Project 7: Cryptopy 177
Project 8: Silly Sentences 219
Week 4: Stepping Up to Object?]Oriented Programming 235
Project 9: Address Book 237
Project 10: Math Trainer 281
Index 309
About the author
Brendan Scott is a dad who loves Python and wants kids to get some of its magic too. He started pythonforkids.brendanscott.com to help teach his oldest child to code. He maintains it to help other young people learn Python.
Summary
The kid-friendly way to learning coding with Python Calling all wanna-be coders! Experts point to Python as one of the best languages to start with when you're learning coding, and Python For Kids For Dummies makes it easier than ever.
