Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-26 Thread Steve Wedig
I learned python by reading o'reilly's learning python over a weekend, and thought it was good introduction. Haven't seen the other intro books. You must have o'reilly's cookbook. It teaches you how to use the language like a ninja. I use o'reilly's nutshell book for quick references, however

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread Jeremy Jones
On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:07:31 +0900 Sean Schertell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks all, I'm leaning towards "Beginning Python: From Novice to > Professional". The Amazon reviews sound right up my alley. Anyone > had any experience with this one? > > Sean > I was the tech editor for

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread Carlos Yoder
>> Any recommendations? I'm brand new to Python and want to learn for >> use with Django. > The "Learning Python" O'Reilly book is really, really good - one of > the best "Learning X" books I've read for any language. Even better than "Learnin Perl"? =) (ducks) -- Carlos Yoder

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 23-Jul-06, at 10:33 AM, Sean Schertell wrote: > I've downloaded Dive into Python and it looks good. But I need > something I can read on the subway or in the bathtub. Something I can > dog-ear and highlight -- a real book! python in a nutshell - books teaching python are no use, because

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread Sean Schertell
Thanks all, I'm leaning towards "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional". The Amazon reviews sound right up my alley. Anyone had any experience with this one? Sean On Jul 23, 2006, at 3:11 PM, Alessandro Bottoni wrote: > > Sean Schertell ha scritto: >> Any recommendations? I'm

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-23 Thread Alessandro Bottoni
Sean Schertell ha scritto: > Any recommendations? I'm brand new to Python and want to learn for > use with Django. The two books I found most useful were: Learning Python Mark Lutz & David Ascher O'Reilly Python Cookbook Alex Martelli & David Ascher O'Reilly HTH

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 7/23/06, Sean Schertell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I've downloaded Dive into Python and it looks good. But I need > something I can read on the subway or in the bathtub. Something I can > dog-ear and highlight -- a real book! Also, DiP -is- a real book:

Re: Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Simon Willison
On 23 Jul 2006, at 06:03, Sean Schertell wrote: > I've downloaded Dive into Python and it looks good. But I need > something I can read on the subway or in the bathtub. Something I can > dog-ear and highlight -- a real book! > > Any recommendations? I'm brand new to Python and want to learn for

Any good Python book recommendations?

2006-07-22 Thread Sean Schertell
Hi guys, I've downloaded Dive into Python and it looks good. But I need something I can read on the subway or in the bathtub. Something I can dog-ear and highlight -- a real book! Any recommendations? I'm brand new to Python and want to learn for use with Django. Thanks! Sean

Re: book recommendations?

2006-07-10 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 7/10/06, Iain Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amazon and Indigo both say "customers also bought" > "Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering > Series)" by Dan Cederholm > > Any opinions on that? Sorry, no. I haven't read it nor have I followed Dan's work. > Or

Re: book recommendations?

2006-07-10 Thread Iain Duncan
> Design-to-code process (HTML/CSS mostly): Designing With Web Standards > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321385551 Amazon and Indigo both say "customers also bought" "Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook (Pioneering Series)" by Dan Cederholm Any opinions on that? Or on

Re: book recommendations?

2006-07-10 Thread Simon Willison
On 10 Jul 2006, at 06:42, arthur debert wrote: > also, simon willison's javascript introduction is excellent: > > http://flickr.com/photos/simon/sets/72057594077197868/ There's a better version of it up on the Mozilla Developer wiki now - other people have been fixing all the bugs :)

Re: book recommendations?

2006-07-10 Thread arthur debert
also, simon willison's javascript introduction is excellent: http://flickr.com/photos/simon/sets/72057594077197868/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send

Re: book recommendations?

2006-07-09 Thread Jeremy Dunck
On 7/9/06, char <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm pretty familiar with back-end web technologies and I'm coming up to > speed on Django pretty well but my knowledge of client-side web > development is set squarely in 1997. Does anyone have any good book > recommendations for

book recommendations?

2006-07-09 Thread char
I'm pretty familiar with back-end web technologies and I'm coming up to speed on Django pretty well but my knowledge of client-side web development is set squarely in 1997. Does anyone have any good book recommendations for coming up to speed on modern web development