2 Python and programming

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What you will learn

In this chapter, you’ll start working with Python. However, before you do, we’ll take on a bit of detective work and discover what makes a programmer and what a computer program really does. We’ll also look at the Python programming language and discover how it fits in to software development.

What makes a programmer

Computers as data processors

Data and information

Work with Python functions

What you have learned

What makes a programmer

If you have not programmed before, don’t worry. Programming is not rocket science. The hard part about learning to program is that when you start you get hit with ...

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