Learn Python the Hard Way

In Learn Python the Hard Way, Fifth Edition, you'll learn Python by working through 60 brilliantly crafted exercises. Read them. Type their code precisely. (No copying and pasting!) Fix your mistakes. Watch the programs run. As you do, you'll learn how a computer works; what good programs look like; and how to read, write, and think about code.
Install a complete Python environment
Organize and write code
Fix and break code
Basic mathematics
Variables
Strings and text
Interact with users
Work with files
Looping and logic
Data structures using lists and dictionaries
Program design
Object-oriented programming
Inheritance and composition
Modules, classes, and objects
Python packaging
Automated testing
Basic data munging
Basic statistics with NumPy and SciPy
Data Analysis
It'll be hard at first. But soon, you'll just get it--and that will feel great!
This course will reward you for every minute you put into it. Soon, you'll know one of the world's most powerful, popular programming languages. You'll be a Python programmer.
This book is perfect for
Total beginners with zero programming experience
Junior developers who know one or two languages
Returning professionals who haven't written code in years
Seasoned professionals looking for a fast, simple, crash course in Python