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A Python 3 programming tutorial for beginners.
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# Python programming tutorial for beginners



This is a concise Python 3 programming tutorial for people who think

that reading is boring. I try to show everything with simple code

examples; there are no long and complicated explanations with fancy

words. If you have never programmed before click

[here](basics/what-is-programming.md) to find out what programming is

like and get started.



This tutorial is aimed at people with no programming experience at all

or very little programming experience. If you have programmed a lot in

the past using some other language you may want to read [the official

tutorial](https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/) instead.



You can use Python 3.6 or any newer Python with this tutorial. **Don't

use Python 2 because it's no longer supported.**



## List of contents



The tutorial consists of two sections:



### Basics



This section will get you started with using Python and you'll be able

to learn more about whatever you want after studying it.



1. [What is programming?](basics/what-is-programming.md)

2. [Installing Python](basics/installing-python.md)

3. [Getting started with Python](basics/getting-started.md)

4. [ThinkPython: The way of the program](basics/the-way-of-the-program.md)

5. [Variables, Booleans and None](basics/variables.md)

6. [Using functions](basics/using-functions.md)

7. [Setting up an editor](basics/editor-setup.md)

8. [If, else and elif](basics/if.md)

9. [Handy stuff with strings](basics/handy-stuff-strings.md)

10. [Lists and tuples](basics/lists-and-tuples.md)

11. [Loops](basics/loops.md)

12. [zip and enumerate](basics/zip-and-enumerate.md)

13. [Dictionaries](basics/dicts.md)

14. [Defining functions](basics/defining-functions.md)

15. [Writing a larger program](basics/larger-program.md)

16. [What is true?](basics/what-is-true.md)

17. [Files](basics/files.md)

18. [Modules](basics/modules.md)

19. [Exceptions](basics/exceptions.md)

20. [Classes](basics/classes.md)

21. [Docstrings](basics/docstrings.md)



### Advanced



If you want to learn more advanced techniques, you can also read this

section. Most of the techniques explained here are great when you're

working on a large project, and your code would be really repetitive

without these things.



You can experiment with these things freely, but please **don't use these

techniques just because you know how to use them.** Prefer the simple

techniques from the Basics part instead when possible. Simple is better

than complex.



1. [Handy data types](advanced/datatypes.md)

2. [Advanced stuff with functions](advanced/functions.md)

3. [Magic methods](advanced/magicmethods.md)

4. [Iterables, iterators and generators](advanced/iters.md)



### Other things this tutorial comes with



- **Important:** [getting help](getting-help.md)

- [Contact me](contact-me.md)

- Answers for exercises in [basics](basics/answers.md) and

    [advanced](advanced/answers.md) sections

- [The TODO list](TODO.md)



## Frequently asked questions



### How can I thank you for writing and sharing this tutorial?



You can star this tutorial. Starring is free for you, but it tells me

and other people that you like this tutorial.



Go [here](https://github.com/Akuli/python-tutorial) if you aren't here

already and click the "Star" button in the top right corner. You will be

asked to create a GitHub account if you don't already have one.



### How can I read this tutorial without an Internet connection?



1. Go [here](https://github.com/Akuli/python-tutorial) if you aren't

    here already.

2. Click the big green "Clone or download" button in the top right of

    the page, then click "Download ZIP".



    ![Download ZIP](images/download-me.png)



3. Extract the ZIP and open it. Unfortunately I don't have any more

    specific instructions because how exactly this is done depends on

    which operating system you run.

4. Run `make-html.py` and follow the instructions.



If you have git and you know how to use it, you can also clone the

repository instead of downloading a zip and extracting it. An advantage

with doing it this way is that you don't need to download the whole

tutorial again to get the latest version of it, all you need to do is to

pull with git and run `make-html.py` again.



## Authors



I'm Akuli and I have written most of this tutorial, but other people have helped me with it.

See [github's contributors page](https://github.com/Akuli/python-tutorial/graphs/contributors) for details.



***



If you have trouble with this tutorial, please

[tell me about it](./contact-me.md) and I'll make this tutorial better,

or [ask for help online](./getting-help.md).

If you like this tutorial, please [give it a

star](./README.md#how-can-i-thank-you-for-writing-and-sharing-this-tutorial).



You may use this tutorial freely at your own risk. See

[LICENSE](./LICENSE).



[List of contents](./README.md#list-of-contents)