Real-World Python: A Hacker's Guide to Solving Problems with Code

A project-based approach to learning Python programming for beginners. Intriguing projects teach you how to tackle challenging problems with code.

You've mastered the basics. Now you're ready to explore some of Python's more powerful tools. Real-World Python will show you how.

Through a series of hands-on projects, you'll investigate and solve real-world problems using sophisticated computer vision, machine learning, data analysis, and language processing tools. You'll be introduced to important modules like OpenCV, NumPy, Pandas, NLTK, Bokeh, Beautiful Soup, Requests, HoloViews, Tkinter, turtle, matplotlib, and more. You'll create complete, working programs and think through intriguing projects that show you how to:

Save shipwrecked sailors with an algorithm designed to prove the existence of God
Detect asteroids and comets moving against a starfield
Program a sentry gun to shoot your enemies and spare your friends
Select landing sites for a Mars probe using real NASA maps
Send unbreakable messages based on a book code
Survive a zombie outbreak using data science
Discover exoplanets and alien megastructures orbiting distant stars
Test the hypothesis that we're all living in a computer simulation
And more!
If you're tired of learning the bare essentials of Python Programming with isolated snippets of code, you'll relish the relevant and geeky fun of Real-World Python!