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Python Crash Course, 4th Edition - by Eric Matthes (Paperback)

Name: Python Crash Course, 4th Edition - by Eric Matthes (Paperback)
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The world's bestselling Python introduction, with 3 million copies sold in 16 languages, is fully revised for Python 3.15, modern tooling, and the age of AI coding assistants.
About the Author: Eric Matthes was a high school science, math, and programming teacher, now full-time author, living in Alaska.
584 Pages
Computers, Languages

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The world's bestselling Python introduction, with 3 million copies sold in 16 languages, is fully revised for Python 3.15, modern tooling, and the age of AI coding assistants.

Three complete hands-on projects (a game, a data visualization tool, and a deployable web application) anchor a structured, honest approach to learning to code alongside AI.

Three million copies. Sixteen languages. Four editions. Python Crash Course is the book that taught a generation to program, and the 4th edition meets the moment it's publishing into. Author Eric Matthes addresses AI coding assistants directly and practically, not as threats to learning, but as tools that work best when you actually understand what they're producing.
What's new and what's included in the 4th edition:

Updated throughout for Python 3.15, with current syntax, libraries, and best practices
A new environment management workflow using uv, the fast modern Python package manager
VS Codium replaces VS Code as the recommended editor
New "What I've Learned" exercises that build a personalized knowledge document readers use to calibrate AI assistant responses to their actual skill level
Direct, practical guidance on using AI coding tools without outsourcing understanding
Three complete projects carried forward from earlier editions and fully updated:

A game built with Pygame
A data visualization tool using Matplotlib and Plotly
A deployable web application built with Django

The foundation is the same. The world around it has changed, and this edition acknowledges it.

About the Author

Eric Matthes was a high school science, math, and programming teacher, now full-time author, living in Alaska. He has been writing programs since he was five years old and is the author of the Python Flash Cards, also from No Starch Press.

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Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 7.0 Inches (W)

Weight: .81 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 584

Genre: Computers

Sub-Genre: Languages

Publisher: No Starch Press

Theme: Python

Format: Paperback

Author: Eric Matthes

Language: English

Street Date: March 30, 2027

TCIN: 1013405067

UPC: 9781718505148

Item Number (DPCI): 247-62-3451

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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