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Dive Into Python
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Jun 11, 2016
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Learn Python the Hard Way
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Jun 8, 2019
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Think Python
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Jan 18, 2016
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Google's Python Class
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Dec 2, 2015
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Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science
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Dec 2, 2015
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Dive Into Python
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Free under GNU and available in many formats
The book is available in HTML, PDF, Word, plain text, DocBook, and its source.
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Great for experienced programmers
Dive Into Python is designed with experienced programmers who know at least one other language in mind. It skips the trivial basics and explains the meat of the language efficiently and clearly.
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Learn Python the Hard Way
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Emphasizes practice
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Free
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Think Python
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Think Python
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Free
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Google's Python Class
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Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python!
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python!
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A lot of Tips
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Free
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A Byte of Python
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Beginner-friendly
It serves as a tutorial or guide to the Python language for a beginner audience. If all you know about computers is how to save text files, then this is the book for you.
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Some mixing of versions
A Byte of Python is a book about Python 2, but includes some Python 3 code.
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Natural Language Processing with Python
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
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How to Think Like a Computer Scientist
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Free
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The Art and Craft of Programming
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Python for Fun
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Python for Fun
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Python for Informatics
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Python for Informatics
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Text Processing in Python
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Python Programming
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Python Programming
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Free
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Python Practice Book
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Python Practice Book
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Python Practice Book
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Python Programming
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Constantly updated
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Learning to Program Using Python
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Making Games with Python & Pygame
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Making Games with Python & Pygame
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Test-Driven Development with Python
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The Standard Python Library
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