--- product_id: 130151078 title: "Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming" price: "€ 43.66" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming **Price:** € 43.66 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - **How much does it cost?** € 43.66 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The best-selling Python book in the world, with over 1 million copies sold! A fast-paced, no-nonsense, updated guide to programming in Python. If you've been thinking about learning how to code or picking up Python, this internationally bestselling guide to the most popular programming language is your quickest, easiest way to get started and go! Even if you have no experience whatsoever, Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition , will have you writing programs, solving problems, building computer games, and creating data visualizations in no time. You’ll begin with basic concepts like variables, lists, classes, and loops—with the help of fun skill-strengthening exercises for every topic—then move on to making interactive programs and best practices for testing your code. Later chapters put your new knowledge into play with three cool projects: a 2D Space Invaders-style arcade game, a set of responsive data visualizations you’ll build with Python's handy libraries (Pygame, Matplotlib, Plotly, Django), and a customized web app you can deploy online. Why wait any longer? Start your engine and code! Review: Can be used both as a reference and a teaching tool - I am a beginner/intermediate Python programmer with many holes in my knowledge; thus I am using this book both for reference and for systematic self-teaching. I've never seen such a thorough, comprehensive, and easy to use table of contents and index in any technical book. This makes the book as easy to use as a reference as it is a teaching tool through building projects. This author, who is a trained teacher, clearly has a rationale behind laying out every concept. It's no wonder it's been translated into several languages and is a best seller. The form factor, typeface, and spacing are also carefully planned, as each page draws the eye in. Another note of interest is that I, perhaps like many people, tend not to want to learn through building someone else's projects. I just want to learn what I need to build my own! Thus when I take online courses, I avoid those that are project based. But a physical book can make it worthwhile to build the projects, because doing so makes it an even better reference afterward. That is, the projects become old friends rather than throw-away. I only thought of this now, looking at this book, because I am confident that if any teacher/author can make me build their project, this author can. As programmers, we all heavily use google to find answers. I am happy to now have a physical book at my side. And just to make this book even better, it comes with lots of free meta materials which the author is actively maintaining. This book is a find. Review: I have a whole bookshelf on Python books. Hands down the best book for beginners! - First, I just want to say thank you for allowing multiple chapters in your free kindle preview! I get so frustrated when I go to buy a new score (music) book. Just this week I purchased a Halloween easy piano book. It only shows the cover and the index. Now one is going to steal any music if you show two or three pages of different scores. But, it lets me know if I've at the level to be able to play it. Which brings me to this book. I have many beginner Python books. I wanted to teach a friend python and couldn't really recommend a book. On Kindle, I saw this had a free preview. If it didn't I wouldn't have purchased this book. But, it had I think four free chapters. I read chapters two and three. And was hooked. Now...I am compltely paperless. I do everything by PDF. However, I'm a book person. I like having a physical book. I've tried e-books but it's just not the same. I ordered the paper book and while it was shipped I was able to keep reading thanks to the free preview. The book is awesome. If you have NO programming background at all. This book is definitely for you. And it's written to where you can understand it with real-world examples that are relatable. I have many of the De-Mystifying books from McGraw. What some of those authors were thinking...I have no idea. The real-world example they give are not relatable to a normal human. This book will get you quickly up-to-speed and programming in Python! It really is a crash course that people can understand! Thanks for writing such a great book! I really enjoyed it! ## Features - Language: english - Book - python crash course, 2nd edition: a hands-on, project-based introduction to programming - It is made up of premium quality material. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #143,685 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #67 in Introductory & Beginning Programming #104 in Software Development (Books) #112 in Python Programming | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 8,548 Reviews | ## Images ![Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71pys4B4OVL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Can be used both as a reference and a teaching tool *by G***R on December 3, 2020* I am a beginner/intermediate Python programmer with many holes in my knowledge; thus I am using this book both for reference and for systematic self-teaching. I've never seen such a thorough, comprehensive, and easy to use table of contents and index in any technical book. This makes the book as easy to use as a reference as it is a teaching tool through building projects. This author, who is a trained teacher, clearly has a rationale behind laying out every concept. It's no wonder it's been translated into several languages and is a best seller. The form factor, typeface, and spacing are also carefully planned, as each page draws the eye in. Another note of interest is that I, perhaps like many people, tend not to want to learn through building someone else's projects. I just want to learn what I need to build my own! Thus when I take online courses, I avoid those that are project based. But a physical book can make it worthwhile to build the projects, because doing so makes it an even better reference afterward. That is, the projects become old friends rather than throw-away. I only thought of this now, looking at this book, because I am confident that if any teacher/author can make me build their project, this author can. As programmers, we all heavily use google to find answers. I am happy to now have a physical book at my side. And just to make this book even better, it comes with lots of free meta materials which the author is actively maintaining. This book is a find. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I have a whole bookshelf on Python books. Hands down the best book for beginners! *by W***F on August 20, 2020* First, I just want to say thank you for allowing multiple chapters in your free kindle preview! I get so frustrated when I go to buy a new score (music) book. Just this week I purchased a Halloween easy piano book. It only shows the cover and the index. Now one is going to steal any music if you show two or three pages of different scores. But, it lets me know if I've at the level to be able to play it. Which brings me to this book. I have many beginner Python books. I wanted to teach a friend python and couldn't really recommend a book. On Kindle, I saw this had a free preview. If it didn't I wouldn't have purchased this book. But, it had I think four free chapters. I read chapters two and three. And was hooked. Now...I am compltely paperless. I do everything by PDF. However, I'm a book person. I like having a physical book. I've tried e-books but it's just not the same. I ordered the paper book and while it was shipped I was able to keep reading thanks to the free preview. The book is awesome. If you have NO programming background at all. This book is definitely for you. And it's written to where you can understand it with real-world examples that are relatable. I have many of the De-Mystifying books from McGraw. What some of those authors were thinking...I have no idea. The real-world example they give are not relatable to a normal human. This book will get you quickly up-to-speed and programming in Python! It really is a crash course that people can understand! Thanks for writing such a great book! I really enjoyed it! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Easy to Follow, Good Intro for Self Learner *by O***L on May 7, 2020* With the lockdown from the global pandemic, I have been forced to work from home like many other people. Since my usual job involved supporting hardware, this meant I was going to be stuck! Fortunately, my boss said that if I could spend my time learning skills useful to the lab, I could count the hours doing that. I asked whether learning Python would count. I told him that I would try to create scripts to monitor my hardware from home. He said that was acceptable. I have some programming experience, but it has been years since I coded, and then it was usually for relatively basic tasks in undergrad. I was looking for something that would not insult my intelligence, but that would still be interesting enough to keep me on task. So, after searching around I found this book. I saw the highly rated reviews. I skimmed the language that the author used in the sample. I read the table of contents and saw that the second part of the book consisted of creating games in order to solidify the skills learned. Yes! This sounded perfect. I have not been disappointed. The book walks the reader through setting up (checking if Python is on the computer already, downloading it if necessary, using an IDE and what that is, etc). And then it moves on to the usual basic programming. The writing is clear. I had no problems with the examples and found the practice problems to be well chosen. I also liked the way that the author encouraged good practices such as documentation and testing. I am currently in Part 2 of the book and have been working on the first project, a game called Alien Invasion which is basically a version of Space Invaders. I am definitely enjoying that. And I can see how some of the skills I learn from this could transfer over into monitoring my equipment. Reading files, taking user input, opening windows, drawing on the screen, making calculations, all of these things are necessary for the game, and for my own goals. I personally never had any problems, but I also noticed that the author's website includes cheat sheets, solutions, and errata, not to mention the files suggested for the projects. I am not sure if this book is for an absolute beginner. My experience is too far from that for me to be a good judge. But I can say that a person with basic programming knowledge and no prior knowledge of Python found it to be a great resource. ## Frequently Bought Together - Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming - Automate the Boring Stuff with Python, 2nd Edition: Practical Programming for Total Beginners - Python Programming Language QuickStudy Laminated Reference Guide --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.at/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based](https://www.desertcart.at/products/130151078-python-crash-course-2nd-edition-a-hands-on-project-based) --- *Product available on Desertcart Austria* *Store origin: AT* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*