Independently published, 2020. — 145 p. — ISBN: 9798643432357.
The Python programming language is a simple one, but like all other languages it has its
quirks. This book uses these quirks as a teaching opportunity. By understanding the gaps in your knowledge - you'll become better at what you do.There's a lot of research showing that people who
make mistakes during the learning process learn
better than people who don't. If you use this approach when fixing bugs - you'll find you enjoy bug hunting more and become a better developer after each bug you fix.
These teasers will help you
avoid mistakes. Some of the teasers are from my own experience shipping bugs to production, and some from others doing the same. Teasers are
fun ! We geeks love to solve puzzles. You can also use these teasers to impress your co-workers, have knowledge competitions and become
better together. Many of these brain teasers are from quizzes I gave at conferences and meetups. I've found out that people highly enjoy them and they tend to liven the room. At the beginning of each chapter I'll show you a short Python program and will ask you to guess
the output. The possible answers can be:-
Syntax error- Exception- Hang- Some output (e.g. `[1 2 3]`). Before moving on to the answer and the explanation, go ahead and guess the output. After guessing the output I encourage you to run the code and see the output yourself, only then proceed to read the solution and the explanation. I've been teaching programming for many years and found this course of action to be
highly effective.
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