On 11.09.2015 22:14, Antti Haapala wrote: > Hi list, > > The wiki page at > https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers quite > prominently recommends Learn Python The Hard Way as a newbie friendly > material. However, despite being in edition 3 already, I found the > book being of questionable quality, and not really good learning > materials for anyone. > > If you're not familiar with this book, just go to > http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ex0.html and read the text > around mentions of "Python 3" on the page to sample the author's tone > throughout the book. > > We at Stack Overflow Python chat compiled a non-exhaustive list of > complaints after a short glimpse; the complaints list is available at > http://sopython.com/wiki/LPTHW_Complaints . We have also noticed that > out of all books available there, the LPTHW raises most questions on > Stack Overflow, and confuses newcomers. Yet, one reason why it is > popular among the newcomers is that it is mentioned in the official > Python Wiki as being a good resource for non-programmers. > > Actually I'd want the whole mention be removed, but I do not have wiki > editing rights.
If you can give us your wiki account name, we can make you an editor. Regarding the book, you are making some good points. I would always recommend "Learning Python" by Mark Lutz to newbies. I wonder why that book is not listed. The books listed on the wiki don't necessarily have to be all freely available. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 11 2015) >>> Python Projects, Coaching and Consulting ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC Plone/Zope Database Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ 2015-09-18: PyCon UK 2015 ... 7 days to go ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! :::::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/ _______________________________________________ pydotorg-www mailing list pydotorg-www@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pydotorg-www
