beginning programming with python for dummies dummies com online articlesa lot of readers were skipping past the parts pages in the bookso decided to remedy that you now have really good reason to read the parts pagesand that' online content every parts page has an article associated with it that provides additional interesting information that wouldn' fit in the book you can find the articles for this book at nningprogrammingwithpython updatessometimes changes happen for examplei might not have seen an upcoming change when looked into my crystal ball during the writing of this book in the pastthat simply meant the book would become outdated and less usefulbut you can now find updates to the book at gwithpython in addition to these updatescheck out the blog posts with answers to reader questions and demonstrations of useful book-related techniques at companion filesheywho really wants to type all the code in the bookmost readers would prefer to spend their time actually working through coding examplesrather than typing fortunately for youthe source code is available for downloadso all you need to do is read the book to learn python coding techniques each of the book examples even tells you precisely which example project to use you can find these files at www dummies com/extras/beginningprogrammingwithpython where to go from here it' time to start your programming with python adventureif you're complete programming noviceyou should start with and progress through the book at pace that allows you to absorb as much of the material as possible if you're novice who' in an absolute rush to get going with python as quickly as possibleyou could skip to with the understanding that you may find some topics bit confusing later skipping to is possible if you already have python installedbut be sure to at least skim so that you know what assumptions were made when writing this book readers who have some exposure to python can save time by moving directly to you can always go back to earlier as necessary when you have questions howeverit' important that you understand how each example works before moving to the next one every example has important lessons for youand you could miss vital content if you start skipping too much information