uickwhich programming language will get you up and running writing applications on every popular platform aroundgive upyesit' python the amazing thing about python is that you really can write an application on one platform and use it on every other platform that you need to support unlike the other programming languages that promised to provide platform independencepython really does make that independence possible in this casethe promise is as good as the result you get python emphasizes code readability and concise syntax that lets you write applications using fewer lines of code than other programming languages require in additionbecause of the way python worksyou find it used in all sorts of fields that are filled with nonprogrammers some people view python as scripted languagebut it really is so much more provides you with just an inkling of the occupations that rely on python to make things work about this book beginning programming with python for dummies is all about getting up and running with python quickly you want to learn the language fast so that you can become productive in using it to perform your real jobwhich could be anything unlike most books on the topicthis one starts you right at the beginning by showing you what makes python different from other languages and how it can help you perform useful work in job other than programming as resultyou gain an understanding of what you need to do from the startusing hands-on examples and spending good deal of time performing actually useful tasks you even get help with installing python on your particular system when you have good installation on whatever platform you're usingyou start with the basics and work your way up by the time you finish working through the examples in this bookyou'll be writing simple programs and