{"id":647,"date":"2025-08-18T10:07:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beausanders.org\/main\/?p=647"},"modified":"2025-08-18T10:07:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T14:07:22","slug":"textbooks-for-cpt227-python-programming-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beausanders.org\/main\/textbooks-for-cpt227-python-programming-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Textbooks for CPT227: Python Programming II"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Murach\u2019s Python Programming (2nd Edition)<\/h3>\n<div class=\"author\">by Michael Urban and Joel Murach<br \/>\n18 chapters, 564 pages, 227 illustrations<br \/>\nPublished April 2021<br \/>\nISBN 978-1-943872-74-9<\/div>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Link to Publisher's Website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.murach.com\/shop\/murach-s-python-programming-2nd-edition-detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Link to Publisher&#8217;s Website<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Murach's Python Programming 2nd Edition\" href=\"https:\/\/www.murach.com\/shop\/murach-s-python-programming-2nd-edition-detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-73\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beausanders.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pyt2_318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beausanders.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pyt2_318.jpg 318w, https:\/\/beausanders.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/pyt2_318-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Python is one of today\u2019s fastest-growing languages. 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