# ehmatthes/pcc_2e

Online resources for Python Crash Course (Second Edition), from No Starch Press

Repository: https://github.com/ehmatthes/pcc_2e
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/pcc_2e
Language: HTML
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2025-08-12T13:49:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 36, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2707, "days_push": 386, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2528, forks 1464 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.719041+00:00)

## What it is
Online companion resources for the book 'Python Crash Course, Second Edition' by Eric Matthes, hosted as a website with exercises and project materials. The second edition is out of print and out of date; the repository points readers to the third edition resources.

## Use cases
- learn python from scratch with a project-based book
- find exercises and solutions for python crash course 2nd edition
- get setup instructions for the book's projects
- access alien invasion and django project code from the book
- supplement self-study of python programming

## When to choose
- you are following the second edition of Python Crash Course and need its companion materials
- you want free beginner python learning resources

## When to avoid
- you are starting fresh - use the third edition resources instead
- you need current best practices or up-to-date framework versions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, programming-languages, tutorials
- platform: python, cross-platform
- tags: python-crash-course, book-resources, beginner, no-starch-press, second-edition, out-of-date

## Member repositories
- ehmatthes/pcc_2e (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.719041+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:23.192604+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ehmatthes/pcc_2e (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.719041+00:00, sha 47607be9d9fd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.