What we publish
CodeEssentials Books exists to make learning technology approachable, practical, and rewarding for people who were never given a way in. Our books are written for absolute beginners, and for self-taught learners who want to shore up the foundations they skipped.
The catalogue started with programming fundamentals and has grown to cover the AI tools that now sit alongside them — Claude Code, Claude, Python, and using AI honestly in a job search. The subjects change; the method does not.
How each book is written
Every title follows the same structure: start with the fundamentals, apply each one through an exercise you can actually complete, and build confidence one concept at a time. We test the steps ourselves on the current version of the tool before they go in the book, because a beginner's guide that quietly assumes a step is worse than no guide at all.
We write about the why behind the instruction, not only the keystrokes. Readers who understand why a step works can adapt when the interface moves — and with AI tools, the interface always moves.
What we are honest about
- What these tools genuinely cannot do, including where they get things wrong.
- What costs money, what is free, and what changed since the tool launched.
- When a task is better done without AI at all.
Free companion toolkits
Each book has a free companion PDF — prompt packs, exercise sets, and checklists that would be awkward to copy out of a printed page. They are yours for an email address, they arrive immediately, and one click unsubscribes you. What we do with that address is set out in full on our privacy page.
Where to find us
- Amazon author page — every title, in paperback and Kindle
- Goodreads — reviews and reader shelves
- Email: george@codeessentialsbooks.com — corrections to a book are especially welcome, and they get folded into the next revision