Re: [Python-Help] learning python
On 05/05/2013 10:08 AM, leonardo selmi wrote: hi guys i need to find a good book to learn python with exercises and solutions, any suggestions? thanks! Leonardo, There are several good online tutorials available, many listed here: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide There is also the Python Tutorial written by the creator of Python here: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/index.html If you want a hands on approach with exercises, try Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ If you already have a background in programming I find Dive Into Python to be an excellent introduction: http://www.diveintopython.net/ as well as Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/ If you want something you can hold in your hand and has paper pages, I can recommend Learning Python by Mark Lutz: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do followed by The Python Cookbook, by Alex Martelli and David Ascher: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596001674.do The Massachusetts Institute of Technology uses Python to teach their introduction to programming course which is available online (free) here: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/index.htm I hope that helps. Sincerely, e. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: [DB-SIG] Looking for Stephen Turner, maintainer of informixdb
Read the license. If he's released it under GPL or BSD, then you could, in all good faith, release a fork of the code until he surfaces. Carsten Haese wrote: Hello everybody: I have discovered that the functionality for connecting Python to an Informix database is currently in a frustrating state of neglect. The link to Kinfxdb is dead, and informixdb doesn't build on Python 2. I couldn't find any usable workarounds to the build problem, so I worked out successfully how to build informixdb using distutils. Now I'd like to share the result with the community, but the maintainer appears to have gone missing. My emails to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] have bounced back undeliverable, so now I'm posting to the lists trying to locate Stephen. If anybody has any pointers for locating Stephen Turner, please let me know. If Stephen can't be located, I'd be willing to take over the project, but I'd prefer the torch be given to me rather than me just taking it. Thanks, -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
