Quick Python 3

<p>Are you a programmer who wants to get started quickly in a new language? This book is for you.</p><p>Are you a novice who wants to learn to program? This book is <i>not</i> for you. </p><p>Are you a Python programmer who needs encyclopaedic information? This book is <i>not</i> for you.</p><p>Like any mainstream language Python has loops if statements assignment statements functions etc. I’ll show you what these look like in Python. I won’t waste your time telling you what they’re good for. </p><p>Python has features you may not be familiar with--iterators list comprehensions maybe even dictionaries. I’ll spend more time on these. </p><p>I’ll cover some of the library functions I found most immediately useful and tell you where to find more. </p><p>In short this book will help you hit the ground running. Next week you’ll be ready to buy that Python encyclopaedia. </p>