A Pythonic Adventure: From Python basics to a working web app

Time to take an adventure with friends! Team up with Erik and Simon to learn Python the easy way. This colorful book uses engaging questions and lively conversations to introduce computer programming to young readers one step at a time.

In A Pythonic Adventure, you will learn useful Python skills like:

• Installing Python
• Working with files
• Creating text-based dialogs and menus
• Using if/then, loops, lists, dictionaries, and input/output
• Building web applications
• Making your web apps look super professional

It’s fun to learn with friends! In A Pythonic Adventure you’ll meet Erik and Simon, two brothers who are just beginning their Python journey. Join them as they chat about the language, learn the basics, and build some cool programs. The book’s dialogue helps young programmers understand complex concepts much more easily. It's the perfect way for young programmers (and their parents) to get started.

There’s no boring lessons or dull exercises in this adventure. You’ll follow Erik and Simon’s questions and mistakes, discover how to write programs with a team, and get a chance to create applications you can use in your daily life. By the time they’re done reading, young learners will not only know how to write code, they’ll know how to think about problems like professional developers. All code in this book runs on Mac, Windows, Linux, and Raspberry Pi.