Fundamentals of Python is a great book to get started in Python. It has some great examples, and it challenges you to build off of each unit. The book deserves five stars, as the author does a great job of keeping the learning process exciting and fun. I had only two minor complaints in the book. The first complaint was that I wish functions were introduced a little earlier in the book. There was a little lag through the strings and dictionaries area in the textbook that would have been more cohesive if functions were introduced a little earlier. The second minor issue was that this textbook doesn't really have some questions with a couple solutions in the back like many other textbooks do. There are so many different ways to solve problems, and it would be nice to see at least one or two solutions to exercises in the back to see if the learner was being consistent with their solutions, or to compare their solutions to possible alternatives.
This is a great first book to computer programming, and a great introduction to Python. This book works well when using it as an aid with the tutorials at Python.org. It is best directed at a target student audience with no programming experience, and could be understood by any learner that has a basic understanding of high-school algebra or above. After using it for a college course, I passed it on to my high-school freshman where he was able to follow along and get started with Python as his first programming language! The author Kenneth Lambert excels at writing textbooks that are accessible by his target audience, and he does a great job hitting the mark for beginning programmers and introducing Python.
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