Thanks for the comments on this topic. I shall read the thread suggest by Tim and avoid the book. (I did look for reviews on Amazon, but I used amazon.co.uk, so I missed the Perl book reviews). I also emailed the company to ask more about the 'Python Certification' that the book title alluded to; if I get a reply I will forward it to the mailing list.
thanks again, Paul 2009/3/4 Grimes, George <georgegri...@ti.com> > The listing for the book on Amazon did not have any reviews but they had an > almost identical page for their Perl book. It had 3 reviews giving one star > (the lowest rating) each. All reported that it was just the reproduction of > on-list postings, no original material, and no attempt to make a coherent > presentation. > > It sounds like the sort of thing to avoid. I'm just learning Python myself > and I'll look elsewhere. > > George > > > George A. Grimes > 972-995-0190 - Desk > 214-205-0244 - Cell > > "The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that > cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong > goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." -- > Douglas Adams > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Holden [mailto:st...@holdenweb.com] > Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 8:44 AM > To: python-list@python.org > Subject: Re: Anyone read "Python Interview Questions: Python Certification > Review"? > > Paul Sammy wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On a recent trawl of the internet for some Python books, I came across > > "Python Interview Questions: Python Certification Review" by > > ITCOOKBOOK.COM <http://ITCOOKBOOK.COM> > > > > > http://www.itcookbook.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=15 > > < > http://www.itcookbook.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=15 > > > > > > Has anyone used this, or even one of the related books? I can find NO > > reviews of any of these books online, and the page on the Java version > > of the book has factual errors (the blurb talks about operator > > overloading and pointers, neither of which Java has). > > > > Furthermore the ITCOOKBOOK homepage appears to selling some sort of > > "20-step plan" which leads to suspiciously large amounts of money - > > after paying them money of course ( > http://itcookbook.com/online_training/). > > > > Anyway, thought I would run this past you guys in case I'm being unduly > > suspicious or cautious. > > > As far as I know there isn't anything like a useful Python certification > in the marketplace at the moment, and this book certainly doesn't seem > to be linked with one. > > The fact that they don't say how or whether you get certified would > increase my suspicion level, and the 20-step plan appears to be a simple > come-on with not much behind it. > > I am hoping that when O'Reilly School of Technology publish their Python > classes (which I am currently busy writing) this situation will change. > There will be a university-associated certification available for those. > > regards > Steve > -- > Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 > Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >
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