Learn Python the Hard Way

Learn Python the Hard Way, [0] It isn't the most grand systems approach, but does build a text dungeon crawler and then makes it a web application. [0] https://learnpythonthehardway.org/python3/

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>> What's currently considered to be the best intro to programming? LPTHW http://learncodethehardway.org/

Learn Python the Hard Way... you can check the free html formatted version http://bit.ly/tRvpWo to see it first hand.

It might help to have a bit more background on your nephew and his interests. If he's generally geeky, then Learn Python the Hard Way is excellent - but you need to already be very motivated to sit down and work through the exercises. Similarly, Hello World! is a good book for the complete beginner, but a 17 year old might find it a bit easy. And based on the reviewers who've looked at it so far, Hello Python! tends to do well with relative beginners, but complete novices find it a bit hard, and it annoys the hell out of some experienced programmers - not sure why, I think it's because I don't explain everything in detail and gloss over to the interesting bits :) Have you considered something along the lines of an Arduino + book? Some people seem to get a kick out of making things actually happen, rather than just appear on a screen...

Learn Python the Hard Way