In a message of Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:04:36 MDT, Kevin writes: >------=_Part_795_6873319.1189746276625 >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Disposition: inline > >I haven't read this book, but I'm usually wary of the "nutshell" type boo >ks >or "learn some language in 7 days!" type books. Just make sure you check >out >the Tutorial on python.org because that is very thorough, and the book mi >ght >just teach some neater things Python can do that you might not instantly >see >in the tutorial--such as GUI stuff. (I know of one book out there that ta >lks >about image manipulation in Python, but that might have been a book on >Jython...)
Ah, what you don't know is that this book is written by Alex Martelli. Alex is known for his long-winded and extremely comprehensive explanations of _everything_. So we all joked that if this is a 'nutshell' -- well, it must be a coconut. :-) Indeed, if you don't like this book it is most likely because you prefer your reference books shorter, and terser. If so, I would buy Beazley's latest _Essential Python Reference_ -- picture here: http://www.adlibris.se/product.aspx?isbn=0672328623 -- this is the third edition which will bring you to Python 2.4 I like it best of all the python documentation, and better than the online manual. But I like terse. Laura > >But if you got the book for a good deal, my opinion is that you can never >have too many reference books. ;) > >On 9/13/07, Lamonte Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> http://www.powells.com/biblio/63-9780596001889-7 Used, has anyone read >> this book. Any additional information that you like,dislike about this >> book? [I like having real books and stead of ebooks because its better >on >> the eyes.] Should be her 2morrow Afternoon :), few hours before I get >home >> great deal :D. >> > > > >-- >You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write, even more >when you can teach, but certain when you can program. ~Alan J. Perlis >
