Coding for Beginners in easy steps: Basic Programming for All Ages

I really like this book. It presents coding in a user-friendly manner. I think that this book really represented great value for money.

Fast delivery As described Recommend 5 stars all round

Bought in a bundle, not bad for the price just seem a bit outdated now.

Works well

It's nicely laid out and colourful. Suffers from two flaws, common to the series and many coding books: (a) It relies too heavily on example over explanation. I find this happens a lot. You think "I'll learn Django" then look on the django site. It gives you an example: "do this, type this here, type that there and hey presto, you have a project that does something...next step: read through the jargon-heavy technical documentation". A book this short is always going to find it difficult to explain concepts but the title does suggest that is what it's for. (b) A little less serious but annoying all the same: it's in American. Why can't they just publish books in England in English like they used to?

Couldn’t ask for more. The book is very useful, you could say that even a dumb one can learn from that book . The illustrations are useful and nicely described. A very good book for beginners.

Bought as a gift but looked good and well worth the money and exactly the right level for someone stating out in coding

to be honest, I have not even opened it. its a gag pressie for a fellow technophobe. she will pass it straight on once the joke is over. IT LOOKS well made(judging a book by its cover)

It has what you're looking for but it's out of date suggest buing an updated version.

Exceptional introduction to programming and specifically the Python language. The two-page lessons, using color, is an effective pedagogical approach. Also, the summaries at the end of each chapter are helpful. I purchased this book just to have an idea of what programming is, and learned a lot. The beauty of the text is that it works for a youngster or a graduate student. After just completing all the lessons, I enthusiastically recommend this purchase.

Good and helpful book for beginners at programming. I've been using this with my son and I think the illustrations and clearly marked steps are helpful. However, I did find a couple errors, so shame on the editor who didn't go through these exercises first. Still, I like the pacing, the material and the overall scope of the text.

Clear examples opposite each page of text, so very helpful AND the textbook examples reflect the exact colors of the IDLE to match their usage as keywords, string variable,etc.

This book was ok. It didn't explain a lot of basics that it needed to about IDLE and its relationship to the terminal. However, it definitely helped to get me started.