--- product_id: 130151078 title: "Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming" price: "B/.77" currency: PAB in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based store_origin: PA region: Panama --- # Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming **Price:** B/.77 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - **How much does it cost?** B/.77 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.pa](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The best-selling Python book in the world, with over 1 million copies sold! A fast-paced, no-nonsense, updated guide to programming in Python. If you've been thinking about learning how to code or picking up Python, this internationally bestselling guide to the most popular programming language is your quickest, easiest way to get started and go! Even if you have no experience whatsoever, Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition , will have you writing programs, solving problems, building computer games, and creating data visualizations in no time. You’ll begin with basic concepts like variables, lists, classes, and loops—with the help of fun skill-strengthening exercises for every topic—then move on to making interactive programs and best practices for testing your code. Later chapters put your new knowledge into play with three cool projects: a 2D Space Invaders-style arcade game, a set of responsive data visualizations you’ll build with Python's handy libraries (Pygame, Matplotlib, Plotly, Django), and a customized web app you can deploy online. Why wait any longer? Start your engine and code! Review: Can be used both as a reference and a teaching tool - I am a beginner/intermediate Python programmer with many holes in my knowledge; thus I am using this book both for reference and for systematic self-teaching. I've never seen such a thorough, comprehensive, and easy to use table of contents and index in any technical book. This makes the book as easy to use as a reference as it is a teaching tool through building projects. This author, who is a trained teacher, clearly has a rationale behind laying out every concept. It's no wonder it's been translated into several languages and is a best seller. The form factor, typeface, and spacing are also carefully planned, as each page draws the eye in. Another note of interest is that I, perhaps like many people, tend not to want to learn through building someone else's projects. I just want to learn what I need to build my own! Thus when I take online courses, I avoid those that are project based. But a physical book can make it worthwhile to build the projects, because doing so makes it an even better reference afterward. That is, the projects become old friends rather than throw-away. I only thought of this now, looking at this book, because I am confident that if any teacher/author can make me build their project, this author can. As programmers, we all heavily use google to find answers. I am happy to now have a physical book at my side. And just to make this book even better, it comes with lots of free meta materials which the author is actively maintaining. This book is a find. Review: I have a whole bookshelf on Python books. Hands down the best book for beginners! - First, I just want to say thank you for allowing multiple chapters in your free kindle preview! I get so frustrated when I go to buy a new score (music) book. Just this week I purchased a Halloween easy piano book. It only shows the cover and the index. Now one is going to steal any music if you show two or three pages of different scores. But, it lets me know if I've at the level to be able to play it. Which brings me to this book. I have many beginner Python books. I wanted to teach a friend python and couldn't really recommend a book. On Kindle, I saw this had a free preview. If it didn't I wouldn't have purchased this book. But, it had I think four free chapters. I read chapters two and three. And was hooked. Now...I am compltely paperless. I do everything by PDF. However, I'm a book person. I like having a physical book. I've tried e-books but it's just not the same. I ordered the paper book and while it was shipped I was able to keep reading thanks to the free preview. The book is awesome. If you have NO programming background at all. This book is definitely for you. And it's written to where you can understand it with real-world examples that are relatable. I have many of the De-Mystifying books from McGraw. What some of those authors were thinking...I have no idea. The real-world example they give are not relatable to a normal human. This book will get you quickly up-to-speed and programming in Python! It really is a crash course that people can understand! Thanks for writing such a great book! I really enjoyed it! ## Features - Language: english - Book - python crash course, 2nd edition: a hands-on, project-based introduction to programming - It is made up of premium quality material. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #165,307 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #74 in Introductory & Beginning Programming #113 in Python Programming #132 in Software Development (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 8,556 Reviews | ## Images ![Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71pys4B4OVL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can be used both as a reference and a teaching tool *by G***R on December 3, 2020* I am a beginner/intermediate Python programmer with many holes in my knowledge; thus I am using this book both for reference and for systematic self-teaching. I've never seen such a thorough, comprehensive, and easy to use table of contents and index in any technical book. This makes the book as easy to use as a reference as it is a teaching tool through building projects. This author, who is a trained teacher, clearly has a rationale behind laying out every concept. It's no wonder it's been translated into several languages and is a best seller. The form factor, typeface, and spacing are also carefully planned, as each page draws the eye in. Another note of interest is that I, perhaps like many people, tend not to want to learn through building someone else's projects. I just want to learn what I need to build my own! Thus when I take online courses, I avoid those that are project based. But a physical book can make it worthwhile to build the projects, because doing so makes it an even better reference afterward. That is, the projects become old friends rather than throw-away. I only thought of this now, looking at this book, because I am confident that if any teacher/author can make me build their project, this author can. As programmers, we all heavily use google to find answers. I am happy to now have a physical book at my side. And just to make this book even better, it comes with lots of free meta materials which the author is actively maintaining. This book is a find. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have a whole bookshelf on Python books. Hands down the best book for beginners! *by W***F on August 20, 2020* First, I just want to say thank you for allowing multiple chapters in your free kindle preview! I get so frustrated when I go to buy a new score (music) book. Just this week I purchased a Halloween easy piano book. It only shows the cover and the index. Now one is going to steal any music if you show two or three pages of different scores. But, it lets me know if I've at the level to be able to play it. Which brings me to this book. I have many beginner Python books. I wanted to teach a friend python and couldn't really recommend a book. On Kindle, I saw this had a free preview. If it didn't I wouldn't have purchased this book. But, it had I think four free chapters. I read chapters two and three. And was hooked. Now...I am compltely paperless. I do everything by PDF. However, I'm a book person. I like having a physical book. I've tried e-books but it's just not the same. I ordered the paper book and while it was shipped I was able to keep reading thanks to the free preview. The book is awesome. If you have NO programming background at all. This book is definitely for you. And it's written to where you can understand it with real-world examples that are relatable. I have many of the De-Mystifying books from McGraw. What some of those authors were thinking...I have no idea. The real-world example they give are not relatable to a normal human. This book will get you quickly up-to-speed and programming in Python! It really is a crash course that people can understand! Thanks for writing such a great book! I really enjoyed it! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Recommend getting, but also get proof of Python knowledge elsewhere (see below) *by G***. on December 26, 2021* So far I've only made it to "for loops" chapter 4; but I think this is a really good book. I had an online class from a local University and this book has covered somethings that the class did not. Not that what the book covered and the class didn't has been major; but is interesting that only having reached chapter 4 in the book that there are things the class left out. So far the biggest change between this book and the class I took is that the book does a much better job of explaining for loops. I even watched a video on Youtube to teach you Python with no experience and even that did not do as good a job of explaining why a for loop is written the way it is. Being that the class I took was online and was one of those classes done in half the time (warp speed) I didn't bother to ask why a for loop is written the way it is I just wrote it and followed the class examples (and yes I passed the class with an A but Python is not my first programming language). I feel way more confident in learning Python after the book did such a good job of explaining for loops that as I continue with the book I believe it will explain things better then the class I took or the video I watched. On a side note the class I took, as all college classes I have taken do, required a book and that book just didn't do a good job of explaining for loops (go figure). You might be wondering why am I using this book if I took an online class and the answer is it has been awhile since I took that class so I need a refresher. Also the college that I took that class from doesn't offer another a following Python class to take unless you sign up for a degree program (and I already have a degree I just want to become proficient in Python). I would recommend that if you want to learn Python to use in a job to take at least one class from a college or another way to get proof that you learned Python other than studying it on your own. Also another reason to learn from a book with no class attached to it is you can learn at your own pace. Now I could learn from the book that I bought for the college course since the class only went so far into the book; but I just didn't find that book to be very well written and full of information one doesn't really need to learn how to program with Python. I feel like a "college" course book has a lot of bloat while a book like this one is more straight forward. A book like this one survives and sells or not because it is good etc while a college course book is chosen by the teacher or school regardless of the reviews it got. So after this extremely long review I would recommend this book; but I think one does need something (a class, certificate etc) to show proof that one has at least some Python knowledge outside of ones own studying. ## Frequently Bought Together - Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition: Practical Programming for Total Beginners - Python Programming Language QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based](https://www.desertcart.com.pa/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based) --- *Product available on Desertcart Panama* *Store origin: PA* *Last updated: 2026-05-19*