Python All-in-One For Dummies

Chapter 1

Starting with Python

IN THIS CHAPTER

Why Python is hot

Tools for success

Writing Python in VS Code

Writing Python in Jupyter notebooks

The fact that you’re reading this implies you know that Python is a great thing to know if you’re looking for a good job in programming. It’s also good to know if you’re looking to expand your existing programming skills into exciting cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science, or robotics, or even if you’re just building apps in general. So we’re not going to try to sell you on Python. It sells itself.

Our approach, especially in this book, leans heavily toward the hands-on. A common failure in many tutorials is that they already assume you’re a professional programmer in Python or some other language, and they skip over things they assume you already know.

This book is different in that we don’t assume you’re already programming in Python or some other language. We assume you can use a computer and understand basics like files and folders. But that’s about it for assumptions.

We also ...