Jackson - LEARN PROGRAMMING IN PYTHON WITH CODY JACKSON: grasp the basics of programming and python ... syntax while building real-world applications

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Cody Jackson is a disabled military veteran, the founder of Socius Consulting, an IT and business management consulting company in San Antonio, Texas, and a co-founder of Top Men Technologies with Scott Thompson. He is currently employed at CACI International as the lead ICS/SCADA modeling and simulations engineer. He has been involved in the tech industry since 1994, when he left Gateway Computers to join the Navy as a nuclear chemist and radcon technician. Prior to joining CACI, he worked at ECPI University as a computer information systems adjunct professor. He is a self-taught Python programmer, and is the author of Learning to Program Using Python and Secret Recipes of the Python Ninja. He holds an Associate in Science degree in electromechanical technology, a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering technology, and a Master of Science degree in IT management, as well as numerous IT certifications.

Nimesh Kiran Verma has a dual degree in math and computing from IIT Delhi, and has worked with companies such as LinkedIn, Paytm, and ICICI for about five years in software development and data science. He co-founded a micro-lending company, Upwards Fintech, and currently serves as its CTO. He loves coding and has mastered Python and its popular frameworks, including Django and Flask. He extensively leverages Amazon Web Services, design patterns, and SQL and NoSQL databases to build reliable, scalable, and low-latency architectures.

Naveen Verma has completed his bachelor's degree in computer science and is a software developer at Turtlemint insurance company. He has knowledge of C, C+, Python, Django, and Android, and is a Java Oracle certified associate, a technology with which he has built various projects. He is also an active open source contributor. He loves solving brainstorming puzzles and ongoing learning is his focus in life.

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Much like programming, this book is a fork from another book series: Learning to Program Using Python. I started that series in 2008, while deployed in Iraq. I had just learned Python, but didn't feel comfortable with it, especially as the books I had read didn't really "click" with me.

I wrote that series for two reasons. First, I wanted to give back to the open source community. Second, the best way to learn something is to try and teach it to someone else; since I wasn't comfortable as a programmer, writing a book for others would be one of the best ways to ensure I knew what I was talking about.

I also wanted to write the type of book I would have liked to have read when I was learning: written from a personal perspective, rather than an academic viewpoint, and one that points out tips and traps to be aware of. Hence, every book in the series came from that viewpoint.