I know, I know.  You’re here looking for the best programming book for beginners (if you came here from Google).  The one book to rule them all, as it were. I wish I could give you that.  I wish anyone could. But here’s the thing.  Programming is so involved — so complex — that anyone offering a book like that is selling you snake oil. There are bootcamps and 4 year CS degrees dedicated to preparing you for a programming career.  No one book is going to stand in for that.  And that applies even if you’re looking for a hobby, rather than a career. So what I’ll do in this…