Beginning Programming with Python For Dummies, 2nd Edition

About the Authors

John Mueller is a freelance author and technical editor. He has writing in his blood, having produced 104 books and more than 600 articles to date. The topics range from networking to artificial intelligence and from database management to heads-down programming. Some of his current books include discussions of data science, machine learning, and algorithms — all of which use Python as a demonstration language. His technical editing skills have helped more than 70 authors refine the content of their manuscripts. John has provided technical editing services to various magazines, performed various kinds of consulting, and he writes certification exams. Be sure to read his blog at http://blog.johnmuellerbooks.com/. You can reach him by email at [e-mail]. He also has a website at http://www.johnmuellerbooks.com/.

Dedication

This book is dedicated to the readers who take time to write me each day. Every morning I’m greeted by various emails — some with requests, a few with complaints, and then there are the very few that just say thank you. All these emails encourage and challenge me as an author — to better both my books and myself. Thank you!

Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Rebecca. Even though she is gone now, her spirit is in every book I write, in every word that appears on the page. She believed in me when no one else would.

Russ Mullen deserves thanks for his technical edit of this book. He greatly added to the accuracy and depth of ...