On Oct 9, 3:00 pm, Joe Strout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to (gently) convince my business partner that we should be > adding Python to our core toolset. He's never used it before, apart > from poking around in the tutorial a bit at my urging. But he's got a > birthday coming up, and I'd like to get him a book that will help him > make the transition more smoothly and enjoyably. > > In case it matters: his background is mainly in databases (originally > 4D, more recently MySQL), and his current primary tools are REALbasic > (which is a statically typed language with semantics similar to Java) > and PHP. He's primarily a Mac user, but occasionally has to dabble in > Linux or Windows. If we do make this change, he'll be using Python in > a professional capacity to develop commercial apps. > > There are a lot of Python books out there... which one would you > recommend in this case? > > Thanks, > - Joe
A lot of people recommend Lutz's "Learning Python". While I haven't read it, I have read his follow-up "Programming Python" and it was good. You might also look at Hetland's "Beginning Python" or even the "Python for Dummies" book. Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list