Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming

Python is the "glue" that holds a lot of the internet together. Python can be used to write internet clients and servers and plugs into thousands of libraries that can handle everything from robotics to gaming to graphics to cryptography to data science. But how do you actually write and use Python? Do you want to go beyond talking about Python to actually coding Python? Python Crash Course, 2nd Edition: A Hands-On, Project-Based Introduction to Programming is a great way to quickly build your skills in Python, starting from installing it to learning the basics and then on to advanced programming.

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R for Data Science

Data Science and Machine Learning are the big thing these days, but where do you go to learn how to actually do them? Lots of people talk a good game, but being able to write software that learns about the world from data is a rare skill. R for Data Science  is the source. Written by Hadley Wickham himself, it will teach the practical methods for doing actual Data Science.

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