American Python

There is an idea of a Python programmer.

But first, you have to learn the code.

American Python: A Killer Guide to Programming is a darkly funny, unconventional introduction to Python that turns one of pop culture's most obsessively meticulous worlds into a complete programming course.

Instead of learning variables through generic customer records, you'll construct identities. Instead of practicing loops with meaningless counters, you'll perform a thousand crunches. Dictionaries become business cards. Functions, classes, exceptions, files, testing, concurrency, and other programming concepts unfold through Dorsia reservations, Pierce & Pierce, alibis, routines, investigations, and the relentless pursuit of precision.

The humor may be inappropriate.

The Python is not.

Designed for beginners and anyone who has ever found traditional programming books painfully sterile, American Python combines storytelling, detailed explanations, complete code examples, console output, line-by-line breakdowns, and hands-on exercises to make programming concepts easier to understand-and much harder to forget.

Inside, you'll learn:

• Variables and Python data types
• Strings, numbers, operators, and formatted output
• Loops, iteration, range(), break, and continue
• Lists, tuples, dictionaries, and sets
• Functions and lambda expressions
• Object-oriented programming
• Classes and inheritance
• Exception and error handling
• Working with files and persistent data
• Decorators and more advanced Python techniques
• Threading and concurrency
• Testing and verification
• Practical problem-solving through complete programming exercises

Every chapter introduces a programming concept, builds it into a working Python example, and then dissects the code with obsessive attention to detail.

Because understanding what the code does isn't enough.

You should know why every line is there.

Whether you're writing your first program, returning to coding after years away, or simply want a Python book with considerably more personality than another tutorial about calculating grocery totals, this book offers a different way to learn.

Precise. Stylish. Slightly unhinged.

The code is real.
The exercises are real.
The reservations are still impossible to get.

Welcome to American Python.

Now let's scrutinize the code.