Python for Kids

Briggs, Jason R.

ISBN 10: 1718503024 / ISBN 13: 9781718503021

Published by No Starch Press, 2022

About this Item

Like New, graded in hand by the seller, and there is very little to report against it. The cover is clean with no major wear, no creasing and no staining, the spine is intact and straight, and the interior pages are clean and white with no highlighting and no writing found in the pages examined. The binding is sound. This is a current second edition carrying a cover price of 34.99 US dollars, and it presents as a copy that was bought and shelved rather than worked through. No library stamps, call-number labels, card pockets, date-due slips or barcode stickers are present, so this is not an ex-library copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Python for Kids
• Publisher: No Starch Press
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1718503024
• ISBN 13: 9781718503021
• Binding: Softcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: As New
• Weight: 2 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

The second edition of the best-selling Python for Kids—which brings you (and your parents) into the world of programming—has been completely updated to use the latest version of Python, along with tons of new projects!

Python is a powerful programming language that’s easy to learn and fun to use! But books about programming in Python can be dull and that’s no fun for anyone.

Python for Kids brings kids (and their parents) into the wonderful world of programming. Jason R. Briggs guides you through the basics, experimenting with unique (and hilarious) example programs featuring ravenous monsters, secret agents, thieving ravens, and more. New terms are defined; code is colored and explained; puzzles stretch the brain and strengthen understanding; and full-color illustrations keep you engaged throughout. 

By the end of the book, you’ll have programmed two games: a clone of the famous Pong, and “Mr. Stick Man Races for the Exit”—a platform game with jumps and animation.

This second edition is revised and updated to reflect Python 3 programming practices. There are new puzzles to inspire you and two new appendices to guide you through Python’s built-in modules and troubleshooting your code.

As you strike out on your programming adventure, you’ll learn how to:

• Use fundamental data structures like lists, tuples, and dictionaries  
• Organize and reuse your code with functions and modules
• Use control structures like loops and conditional statements 
• Draw shapes and patterns with Python’s turtle module
• Create games, animations, and other graphical wonders with tkinter

Why should serious adults have all the fun? Python for Kids is your ticket into the amazing world of computer programming.

Covers Python 3.x which runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, even Raspberry Pi

About the Author

Jason Briggs has been a programmer since the age of eight, when he first learned BASIC on a Radio Shack TRS-80. Since then he has written software professionally as a developer and systems architect and served as Contributing Editor for Java Developer's Journal. His articles have appeared in JavaWorld, ONJava and ONLamp.