'One of the best software design books of all time' - BookAuthority
Cory Althoff is a self-taught programmer. After a year of
self-study, he learned to program well enough to land a job as a
software engineer II at eBay. But once he got there, he realised he
was severely under-prepared. He was overwhelmed by the amount of
things he needed to know but hadn't learned. His journey learning
to program, and his experience in first software engineering job
were the inspiration for this book. This book is not just about
learning to program, although you will learn to code. If you want
to program professionally, it is not enough to learn to code; that
is why, in addition to helping you learn to program, Althoff also
cover the rest of the things you need to know to program
professionally that classes and books don't teach you. The
Self-taught Programmer is a roadmap, a guide to take you from
writing your first Python program to passing your first technical
interview. The book is divided into five sections: 1. Learn to
program in Python 3 and build your first program. 2. Learn
object-oriented programming and create a powerful Python program to
get you hooked. 3. Learn to use tools like Git, Bash and regular
expressions. Then use your new coding skills to build a web
scraper. 4. Study computer science fundamentals like data
structures and algorithms. 5. Finish with best coding practices,
tips for working with a team and advice on landing a programming
job. You can learn to program professionally. The path is there.
Will you take it? From the author I spent one year writing The
Self-Taught Programmer. It was an exciting and rewarding
experience. I treated my book like a software project. After I
finished writing it, I created a program to pick out all of the
code examples from the book and execute them in Python to make sure
all 300+ examples worked properly. Then I wrote software to add
line numbers and color to every code example. Finally, I had a
group of 200 new programmers 'beta read' the book to identify
poorly explained concepts and look for any errors my program
missed. I hope you learn as much reading my book as I did writing
it. Best of luck with your programming!
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Well worth the purchase
Thu, 14 Sep 2023 | Review
by: Myra B.
I saw this book recommended for beginner programmers/ self-taught programmers. It’s well written and step-by-step. I look forward to working through the different exercises. There are a few misprints on the coding but if you follow the url links that are there for each item of code you can easily check if there is a problem.
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