Contents

• Front Matter
• Intro
  • First things first
  • Installing Python
  • Interactive Mode
  • Creating and Running Programs
  • Using Python from the command line
  
  
• Hello, World
  • What you should know
  • Printing
  • Expressions
  • Talking to humans (and other intelligent beings)
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• Who Goes There?
  • Input and Variables
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• Count to 10
  • While loops
  • Examples
  
  
• Decisions
  • If statement
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• Debugging
  • What is debugging?
  • What should the program do?
  • What does the program do?
  • How do I fix the program?
  
  
• Defining Functions
  • Creating Functions
  • Variables in functions
  • Function walkthrough
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• Lists
  • Variables with more than one value
  • More features of lists
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• For Loops
• Boolean Expressions
  • Examples
  • Exercises
  
  
• Dictionaries
• Using Modules
  • Exercises
  
  
• More on Lists
• Revenge of the Strings
  • Examples
  
  
• File IO
  • Exercises
  
  
• Dealing with the imperfect (or how to handle errors)
  • Exercises
  
  
• The End
• FAQ
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