Python is the most popular introductory teaching language in the top computer science universities in the US, so if you are new to software development, or if you have little experience and would like to start off on the right foot, then this language and this book are what you need. Its amazing design and portability will help you to become productive regardless of the environment you choose to work with.

If you have already worked with Python or any other language, this book can still be useful to you, both as a reference to Python's fundamentals, and for providing a wide range of considerations and suggestions collected over two decades of experience.