Learn Python the Hard Way Errata

This page contains errata, updates, hot fixes and additional instructions for people who have purchased the paper or PDF version of the book from another seller. If you've purchased the course from this website then you already have these updates and don't need to be here. Simply log into your account and you'll have these fixes.

Python Setup Instructions

The the Free Support Course on this site contains updates, install instructions, and installation videos for all print versions of the course. You should sign up for this course, and you can then join our Discord to chat with me and other students directly.

Getting Help

If you need help you can always email help@learncodethehardway.com and I'll help you. If you join the Free Support Course you can also request access to the Discord channel to talk to me there live. I'm usually there hanging out every day.

Errata and Changes

Here is the latest list of necessary fixes and errata since the release of the book in order. This means if you have an older book, then start at the top. If you have a newer book then scroll farther down the list. You can also use ctrl-f (cmd-f on mac) to search for your problem.

Additional Download Data

In the book there are references to data from the US ATF regarding beer statistics, and the Euro Central Bank (ECB), but sometimes the data moves or is discontinued. To solve that problem you can find my backup of the data for you to use.

US TTB Beer Statistics

You can access a small number of PDFs I salvaged from the US ATF TTB after they removed them. Visit my TTB Data Page for PDFs and .xlsx files. These were taken from archive.org and represent Oct, Nov, Dec in 2021. They will work for the book's content.

The Euro Central Bank seems to be very good about letting people download their data (unlike the TTB) but if they do remove it, you can visit my ECB Data Page to get the data I downloaded on Dec 24, 2023.