本书是一本Python入门书籍，适合对计算机了解不多，没有学过编程，但对编程感兴趣的读者学习使用。这本书以习题的方式引导读者一步一步学习编程，从简单的打印一直讲到完整项目的实现，让初学者从基础的编程技术入手，最终体验到软件开发的基本过程。
本书结构非常简单，共包括52个习题，其中26个覆盖了输入/输出、变量和函数三个主题，另外26个覆盖了一些比较高级的话题，如条件判断、循环、类和对象、代码测试及项目的实现等。每一章的格式基本相同，以代码习题开始，按照说明编写代码，运行并检查结果，然后再做附加练习。
Zed Shaw完善了这个堪称世上最好的Python学习系统。(This book is a Python introductory book, suitable for not much understanding of the computer, not learning programming, but the reader is interested in programming learning to use. This book guides readers to learn programming step by step in exercises, from simple printing to the realization of complete projects, so that beginners can experience the basic process of software development from the basic programming technology.
The structure of this book is very simple. It contains 52 exercises. 26 of them cover three topics: input / output, variables and functions, and the other 26 cover some advanced topics, such as conditional judgement, cycle, class and object, code test and project realization. The format of each chapter is basically the same, starting with the code exercises, writing the code according to the instructions, running and checking the results, and then doing additional exercises.)