updates for version 2.0

Author: learnbyexample

100_page_python_intro.md

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 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 Sundeep Agarwal
+Copyright (c) 2024 Sundeep Agarwal
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal

LICENSE

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 # 100 Page Python Intro
 
-This book is a short, introductory guide for the Python programming language. This book is well suited:
+This book is a short, introductory guide for those already familiar with programming basics. Visit https://youtu.be/aoWJzaSs0cs for a short video about the book.
 
-* As a reference material for Python beginner workshops
-* If you have prior experience with another programming language
-* If you want a complement resource after reading a Python basics book, watching a video course, etc
+<p align="center"><img src="./images/py_intro_ls.png" alt="100 Page Python Intro ebook cover image" /></p>
 
-<p align="center">
-    <img src="./images/py_intro.png" width="320px" height="400px" />
-</p>
+The book also includes exercises to test your understanding, which are presented together as a single file in this repo — [Exercises.md](./exercises/Exercises.md).
 
-The book also includes exercises to test your understanding, which is presented together as a single file in this repo — [Exercises.md](./exercises/Exercises.md)
+You can also use [this interactive TUI app](https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps/tree/main/PythonExercises) to practice some of the exercises from the book.
 
 See [Version_changes.md](./Version_changes.md) to keep track of changes made to the book.
 
 <br>
 
 # E-book
 
-You can purchase the pdf/epub versions of the book using these links:
+* You can purchase the pdf/epub versions of the book using these links:
+    * https://leanpub.com/100pagepythonintro
+    * https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/100pagepythonintro
+* You can also get the book as part of these bundles:
+    * **All books bundle** bundle from https://leanpub.com/b/learnbyexample-all-books or https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books
+    * **Learn by example Python bundle** from https://leanpub.com/b/python-bundle or https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/python-bundle
+* See https://learnbyexample.github.io/books/ for a list of other books
 
-* https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/100pagepythonintro
-* https://leanpub.com/100pagepythonintro
-
-You can also get the book as part of these bundles:
-
-* **Learn by example Python bundle** from https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/python-bundle or https://leanpub.com/b/python-bundle
-* **All books bundle** from https://learnbyexample.gumroad.com/l/all-books
-    * Includes all my programming books
- 
-See https://learnbyexample.github.io/books/ for list of other books
-
-For a preview of the book, see [sample chapters](./sample_chapters/100_page_python_intro_sample.pdf)
+For a preview of the book, see [sample chapters](./sample_chapters/100_page_python_intro_sample.pdf).
 
 The book can also be [viewed as a single markdown file in this repo](./100_page_python_intro.md). See my blogpost on [generating pdf/epub from markdown using pandoc](https://learnbyexample.github.io/customizing-pandoc/) if you are interested in the ebook creation process.
 
-For web version of the book, visit https://learnbyexample.github.io/100_page_python_intro/
+For the web version of the book, visit https://learnbyexample.github.io/100_page_python_intro/
 
 <br>
 
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 <br>
 
-# Feedback
+# Feedback and Contributing
 
-[Open an issue](https://github.com/learnbyexample/100_page_python_intro/issues) if you spot any typo/errors.
+⚠️ ⚠️ Please DO NOT submit pull requests. Main reason being any modification requires changes in multiple places.
 
-:warning: :warning: Please DO NOT submit pull requests. Main reason being any modification requires changes in multiple places.
+I would highly appreciate it if you'd let me know how you felt about this book. It could be anything from a simple thank you, pointing out a typo, mistakes in code snippets, which aspects of the book worked for you (or didn't!) and so on. Reader feedback is essential and especially so for self-published authors.
 
-I'd also highly appreciate your feedback about the book.
+You can reach me via:
 
-Twitter: https://twitter.com/learn_byexample
+* Issue Manager: [https://github.com/learnbyexample/100_page_python_intro/issues](https://github.com/learnbyexample/100_page_python_intro/issues)
+* E-mail: `echo 'bGVhcm5ieWV4YW1wbGUubmV0QGdtYWlsLmNvbQo=' | base64 --decode`
+* Twitter: [https://twitter.com/learn_byexample](https://twitter.com/learn_byexample)
 
 <br>
 
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 # Acknowledgements
 
-* [Offical Python website](https://docs.python.org/3/) — documentation and examples
+* [Official Python website](https://docs.python.org/3/) — documentation and examples
 * [stackoverflow](https://stackoverflow.com/) and [unix.stackexchange](https://unix.stackexchange.com/) — for getting answers to pertinent questions on Python, Shell and programming in general
-* [/r/learnpython](https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython) and [/r/learnprogramming](https://www.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming) — helpful forum for beginners
-* [/r/Python/](https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/) — general Python discussion
+* [/r/learnpython](https://old.reddit.com/r/learnpython) and [/r/learnprogramming](https://old.reddit.com/r/learnprogramming) — helpful forum for beginners
+* [/r/Python/](https://old.reddit.com/r/Python/) — general Python discussion
 * [tex.stackexchange](https://tex.stackexchange.com/) — for help on [pandoc](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/) and `tex` related questions
-* Cover image:
-    * [Ilsa Olson](https://ko-fi.com/profetessaoscura) — cover art
-    * [LibreOffice Draw](https://www.libreoffice.org/discover/draw/) — title/author text
-* [pngquant](https://pngquant.org/) and [svgcleaner](https://github.com/RazrFalcon/svgcleaner) for optimizing images
+* [canva](https://www.canva.com/) — cover image
+* [oxipng](https://github.com/shssoichiro/oxipng), [pngquant](https://pngquant.org/) and [svgcleaner](https://github.com/RazrFalcon/svgcleaner) — optimizing images
 * [Warning](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Warning_icon.svg) and [Info](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Info_icon_002.svg) icons by [Amada44](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Amada44) under public domain
 * **Dean Clark** and **Elijah** for catching a few typos
 * [mdBook](https://github.com/rust-lang/mdBook) — for web version of the book
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 # License
 
-The book is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
+The book is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
 
-The code snippets are licensed under MIT, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file
+The code snippets are licensed under MIT, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file.
 

README.md

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+### 2.0
+
+* Python version updated to **3.13.0**
+* Added more exercises and you can now practice some of them using this [interactive TUI app](https://github.com/learnbyexample/TUI-apps/tree/main/PythonExercises)
+* Descriptions and external links were updated/corrected
+* Updated Acknowledgements section
+* Code snippets related to info/warning sections will now appear as a single block
+* New cover image
+* Images centered for EPUB format
+
+<br>
+
 ### 1.2
 
 * Updated installation section with more details