<p><strong>You <em>Will</em> Learn Python!</strong></p><p>Zed Shaw has perfected the world''s best system for learning Python. Follow it and you will succeed--just like the millions of beginners Zed has taught to date! You bring the discipline, commitment, and persistence; the author supplies everything else.</p><p>In <em><strong>Learn Python the Hard Way, Fifth Edition</strong></em>, 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. </p><ul><li>Install a complete Python environment</li><li>Organize and write code</li><li>Fix and break code</li><li>Basic mathematics</li><li>Variables</li><li>Strings and text</li><li>Interact with users</li><li>Work with files</li><li>Looping and logic</li><li>Data structures using lists and di