From 2abd312b1435c4b2adb563f903084b9353f36e8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Sweigart Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:05:41 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add two free beginner's books to the list --- docs/intro/learning.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/intro/learning.rst b/docs/intro/learning.rst index bd2ca6d7d..a8ae73e23 100644 --- a/docs/intro/learning.rst +++ b/docs/intro/learning.rst @@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ excellent resource for learning all aspects of the language. `Python for You and Me `_ +Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This beginner's book is for those with no programming experience at all. Each +chapter has the source code to a small game, using these example programs +to demonstrate programming concepts to give the reader an idea of what +programs "look like". + + `Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python `_ + + +Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +This book teaches Python programming and basic cryptography for absolute +beginners. The chapters provide the source code for various ciphres, as well +as programs that can break them. + + `Hacking Secret Ciphers with Python `_ + Learn Python the Hard Way ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~