Learn More Python 3 the Hard Way: The Next Step for New Python Programmers [Paperback]

Zed A. Shawis the author of the popular online booksLearn Python 3 the Hard Way, Learn Python the Hard Way, Learn Ruby the Hard Way,andLearn C the Hard Way.He is also the creator of several open source software projects and has been programming and writing for nearly 20 years. Most of his free time is devoted to the study of painting and art history.

Preface xiv

Part I: Initial Knowledge 2

Exercise 0: The Setup 6

A Programmer’s Editor 6

Python 3.6 6

A Working Terminal 6

A Working pip+virtualenv Configuration 7

Lab Journal 7

A Github.com Account 7

git 7

Optional: Screen-Recording Software 8

Further Study 8

Exercise 1: On Process 10

Exercise Challenge 11

Study Drills 12

Further Study 12

Exercise 2: On Creativity 14

Exercise Challenge 14

Study Drill 15

Exercise 3: On Quality 16

Exercise Challenge 18

Study Drill 18

Part II: Quick Hacks 20

Exercise 4: Dealing with Command Line Arguments 24

Exercise Challenge 24

Solution 25

Study Drills 25