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Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!

Name: Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!
Author: James R. Payne
ISBN: 9781484245507

by James R. Payne

May 2019

Beginner

336 pages

6h 49m

English

Apress

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James R. PaynePython for Teenagershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-4550-7_1

1. Introduction to Computer Programming and Python

James R. Payne¹

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Deerfield Beach, FL, USA

Computer programming – commonly referred to as “coding” by the cool kids – is the art of creating applications or software. These programs allow us to do everything from solve simple math problems and watch our favorite YouTube videos (I can’t get enough of skydiving bulldogs) to destroying hordes of rampant aliens in our favorite video games and even launching a real-life spaceship into outer space.

I call computer programming an “art” because it is. Anytime you create something, you are indulging in an art form. Sure, computer code, the words we type into ...

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Python for Teenagers: Learn to Program like a Superhero!

by James R. Payne

1. Introduction to Computer Programming and Python

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