This book is an excellent guide for beginners in Python programming. The first part of the book guides the user on how to install Python. Installation steps for various operating system platforms such as Windows, Unix/Linux and Mac OS X have been given.Python has its own defined syntax which one has to follow when writing Python programs. The Python syntax is related to that of C# and Java. This book guides you on the various syntactic structures which are useful in Python programming. You are guided on how to write well indented programs as Python follows indentations so as to group code into blocks. Incorrect use of indentations in Python leads to errors, but this book guides you on how to avoid such errors.Comments are good in programming and especially for beginners. This book guides you on how to write program comments in Python, whether it is a word, sentence of paragraph comment. In Python, one can program either interactive or script mode. This book guides you on how to program in these two states.Every Python programs will need to store some data. This is done by declaration and initialization of variables. Python supports variables of different types. This book excellently guides you on how to define the various types of variables which are supported in Python. The book discusses the process of assigning values to variables in Python. The various data types supported in Python have been explored. These include numbers, strings, lists, tuples and the Python dictionaries. You will know how to define these, store data and then access the data.Python Also supports the use of operators for various operations such as arithmetic operations and in comparison. Arithmetic operators are of great importance. They are used for mathematical calculations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These have been discussed in this book, thus, you will know how to use them in Python programming.Decision making is an important feature in any programming language you can think of. This is not different in Python. The language strongly supports the use of decision making structure/statements in programming. This book guides you on how to use the various statements for making decisions in Python. Other decision making statements have also been explored, and you are guided on how to nest them.The book discusses the following topics:Installing PythonThe Syntax of Python ProgramsVariable Types in PythonBasic Operators in PythonDecision Making in Python