Hello World!: A complete Python-based computer programming tutorial with fun illustrations, examples, and hand-on exercises.

Book Synopsis: Summary Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners, Third Edition introduces the world of computer programming in a clear and fun style using Python, a programming language designed to be easy to learn. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.

About the Technology Learn to talk to your computer in its own language! Whether you want to create a game, start a business, or solve an important problem, the first step is learning to write your own programs.

About the Book Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners, Third Edition introduces the world of computer programming in a clear and fun style. Using Python, a programming language designed to be easy to learn, each engaging lesson teaches skills that apply to any kind of programming. It brings to life the basic concepts of computing—looping, decisions, input and output, graphics, and more. Written by father-and-son team Warren and Carter Sande, this international bestseller is kid-tested and reviewed by professional educators. Now in its third edition, Hello World! has been fully updated to Python 3 and includes a new chapter about how the internet works.

What's inside

• Colorful pictures, clever cartoons, and fun examples
• Practice questions and exercises
• Updated to Python 3

About the Reader You don't need to know anything about programming to use the book. If you can open an app and save a file, you're ready to go!

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Remember This: Memory and Variables
3. Basic Math
4. Types of Data Input
5. GUIs: Graphical User Interfaces
6. Decisions, Decisions
7. Loop the Loop
8. Just for You: Comments
9. Game Time
10. Nested and Variable Loops
11. Collecting Things Together: Lists and Dictionaries
12. Functions
13. Objects
14. Modules
15. Graphics
16. Sprites and Collision Detection
17. A New Kind of Input: Events
18. Sound
19. More GUIs
20. Print Formatting and Strings
21. File Input and Output
22. Take a Chance: Randomness
23. Computer Simulations
24. Skier Explained
25. Making Network Connections with Sockets
26. What's Next?

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