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'The Craft of Self-Teaching' (自学是门手艺) is a free Chinese-language ebook by Li Xiaolai that uses learning to code as the entry point for building the broader skill of self-teaching.
'The Craft of Self-Teaching' (自学是门手艺) is a free Chinese-language ebook by Li Xiaolai that uses learning to code as the entry point for building the broader skill of self-teaching.Is this a single book or separate short lessons?It is one continuous book, split into individual Jupyter notebook files for each chapter, organized into three parts plus appendices covering self-teaching philosophy, Python basics, and setup guides.
It is one continuous book, split into individual Jupyter notebook files for each chapter, organized into three parts plus appendices covering self-teaching philosophy, Python basics, and setup guides.How do I read this book?You can browse the notebook files directly on GitHub, or install Jupyterlab locally following the setup appendix for a richer, interactive reading experience.
You can browse the notebook files directly on GitHub, or install Jupyterlab locally following the setup appendix for a richer, interactive reading experience.Do I need Jupyterlab installed to read it?No, it's optional — you can read the notebooks directly on GitHub, but Jupyterlab gives a better reading experience with runnable Python examples.
No, it's optional — you can read the notebooks directly on GitHub, but Jupyterlab gives a better reading experience with runnable Python examples.Is this book available in English?No, the entire book is written in Chinese with no official English translation; non-Chinese readers would need to translate it themselves.
No, the entire book is written in Chinese with no official English translation; non-Chinese readers would need to translate it themselves.Who is this book for?It's aimed at Chinese-speaking beginners with no programming background who want to learn Python while also learning how to teach themselves any skill.
It's aimed at Chinese-speaking beginners with no programming background who want to learn Python while also learning how to teach themselves any skill.What are the license terms?The book is released under CC-BY-NC-ND, meaning non-commercial use only and no derivative works are allowed.
The book is released under CC-BY-NC-ND, meaning non-commercial use only and no derivative works are allowed.Why does the author use coding as the entry point for learning self-teaching?Programming requires almost no resources to start and gives fast, verifiable feedback, making it an ideal practice ground for developing self-directed learning habits.
Programming requires almost no resources to start and gives fast, verifiable feedback, making it an ideal practice ground for developing self-directed learning habits.What topics does the book cover beyond basic Python syntax?Beyond values, control flow, functions, strings, and files, it moves into deliberate practice, writing functions, OOP with classes, decorators/iterators/generators, regular expressions, and even BNF/EBNF grammar notation.
Beyond values, control flow, functions, strings, and files, it moves into deliberate practice, writing functions, OOP with classes, decorators/iterators/generators, regular expressions, and even BNF/EBNF grammar notation.Is there a non-notebook version of the book?Yes, a Markdown version was added on March 23, 2019, as an alternative to the Jupyter notebook format.
Yes, a Markdown version was added on March 23, 2019, as an alternative to the Jupyter notebook format.What are similar projects?the-way-to-go_ZH_CN, CppTemplateTutorial, Python-Core-50-Courses, Complete-Python-3-Bootcamp, Book4_Power-of-Matrix, practical-python, mml-book.github.io, GolangTraining
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