Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-16 Thread Andrew Z
nts' > nests/wasps' nests... > > Talking about books is one thing. Judging them by asyncio coverage is > quite another - and rather unfair. The use and methods of asyncio have > changed frequently and markedly since '3.0'. Books take time to produce, > sell, buy, and c

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Malcolm Greene
Python Cookbook; highly recommended. Malcolm -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread DL Neil
Wlfraed probably knows a thing-or-two about kicking-over ants' nests/wasps' nests... Talking about books is one thing. Judging them by asyncio coverage is quite another - and rather unfair. The use and methods of asyncio have changed frequently and markedly since '3.0'

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Andrew Z
Gys - hats off. Basically what Dennis is saying- you dont need a book "about python ". Tutorials and general search online will get you further and faster than any book. Blah-blah about myself: my bookshelf has 2 technical books, just because i got them to prepare for certificatio

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: If one lacks both A and B, one ends up with various editions of "Learning Python", "Programming Python", and "Fluent Python" (among many others). I have found those books quite helpful over the years. I reco

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Gys
On 7/12/19 4:36 PM, mok...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone help me. New to Python. Installed version 3.7 I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an older version of Python. All the examples and samples don't work with version 3.7 Can anyone direct me to which is the l

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-13 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 7:34:10 PM UTC-4, Louis Krupp wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:36:54 -0700 (PDT), mok...@gmail.com wrote: > > >Can anyone help me. > >New to Python. > >Installed version 3.7 > >I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an > >older version o

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Andrew Z
Then look at, for example, tutorialpoint.com for basic concepts - loops, data structures, objects . Pet- project- something you want to build. For example, my current petproject is a android based clock with a voice recognition. Use case - clock should understand 2-3 commands to set time 8nterv

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 2:45:48 PM UTC-4, Andrew Z wrote: > Richy, > What specific part you consider hard? > If i may suggest, get a (pet) project as you read it. > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 13:46 RIchy M wrote: > > > On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > > > On 2019-07

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Andrew Z
Richy, What specific part you consider hard? If i may suggest, get a (pet) project as you read it. On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 13:46 RIchy M wrote: > On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > > On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote:

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: > > On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: > > > >> It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. > > > > That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: > > 2.x has 'print

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread MRAB
On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: 2.x has 'print x' statements. 3.x has 'print(x)' function calles. I had a brief look online a

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: 2.x has 'print x' statements. 3.x has 'print(x)' function calles. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyth

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Richard Mok
ning programmer or a veteran wanting > to learn a new language. This might affect your book choice, as some are > directed more toward beginning programmers. > > One good choice is Dive Into Python, available for free on-line (google "dive > into python 3"). I'm su

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread sjmsoft
ne good choice is Dive Into Python, available for free on-line (google "dive into python 3"). I'm sure other folks could suggest additional suitable Python 3 books. HTH, Steve J. Martin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread mok888
Can anyone help me. New to Python. Installed version 3.7 I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an older version of Python. All the examples and samples don't work with version 3.7 Can anyone direct me to which is the latest book to buy to properly learn Python. T

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-03 Thread DL Neil
Songbird, [post ok'd by them] =this time I've remembered to hit ReplyAll. Duh! There are plenty of Python books 'about'. Beyond the 'basics' they tend to become more topical, eg Scientific, Financial, Data Analysis... so what suits you might not me.

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-03 Thread songbird
guages, eg Java, and trying to find a Python equivalent. This is a > grossly non-Pythonic approach. So, I'll join a previous correspondent by > recommending you stay away from anything 'tainted' by Java-think. i would agree with that anyways... > There are plenty of Pyth

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-03 Thread songbird
boB Stepp wrote: ... > You might want to look at "Python 3 -- Object Oriented Programming" by > Dusty Phillips. It is copyright 2010, so it won't have the latest, > greatest Python 3 features, but the book's entire focus is teaching > OOP in a Python 3 context. thanks, i'll put it on the list t

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-02 Thread boB Stepp
On Sun, Dec 2, 2018 at 1:51 PM songbird wrote: > my goal in learning python was to use it as a way of > picking up OOP concepts in a more concrete way (theory > alone doesn't give me enough hands on the bits i need so > i tend to just do other things instead). > > now that i've used python for

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-02 Thread songbird
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > On Sun, 2 Dec 2018 12:40:44 -0500, songbird > declaimed the following: > >> as references those are useful, but howabout >>something a bit more conceptual or design oriented? >> > > At that level, you are not looking for &qu

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-12-02 Thread songbird
Stefan Ram wrote: ... thank you. :) as references those are useful, but howabout something a bit more conceptual or design oriented? i have a pretty good idea about various language features or things to try, but i need a little more higher level view of how to go about building a python

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-11-28 Thread Santiago Basulto
Python for Data Analysis is a great choice for sure. I think Think Python <http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html>, by Allen Downey is also a great alternative for beginners. I've written a short piece with 3 free books to get started: https://blog.rmotr.com/the-3-pytho

Re: What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-11-28 Thread Brian Oney via Python-list
On Wed, 2018-11-28 at 08:44 -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote: > What do people recommend? The target is Python 3.6 and 3.7. The > audience at work is a mostly financial/statistical crowd, so exposure > to things like Pandas would be nice, though I'm sure there are > dedicated bo

What Python books to you recommend to beginners?

2018-11-28 Thread Skip Montanaro
eased in 2013 (Python 3.3), so lacks many newer features of the language. What do people recommend? The target is Python 3.6 and 3.7. The audience at work is a mostly financial/statistical crowd, so exposure to things like Pandas would be nice, though I'm sure there are dedicated books for

Re: New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-20 Thread Bev in TX
Thanks for mentioning this — it’s hilarious! I’ve seen all of them through the years. > >> On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, 09:00 Larry Martell, > > wrote: >>> >>> https://imgur.com/gallery/tW1lwEl >>> -- Bev in TX -- https://mail.p

Re: New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-20 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:06 AM, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer wrote: > some accompanying explanations appreciated with the link. That would ruin the joke. > > yours, > > Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer > https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ > Mauritius > > On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, 09:00 Larry Martell, wrote: >>

Re: New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-20 Thread Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer
some accompanying explanations appreciated with the link. yours, Abdur-Rahmaan Janhangeer https://github.com/Abdur-rahmaanJ Mauritius On Sun, 19 Aug 2018, 09:00 Larry Martell, wrote: > https://imgur.com/gallery/tW1lwEl > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://m

Re: New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Saturday 18 August 2018 21:40:25 Larry Martell wrote: > https://imgur.com/gallery/tW1lwEl Larry; Here, it loaded very slow and the central window is empty. Was there supposed to be content? Or is my firefox busted? -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of l

Re: New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-19 Thread D'Arcy Cain
On 2018-08-18 09:40 PM, Larry Martell wrote: > https://imgur.com/gallery/tW1lwEl I think I have met the people who studied those books. -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain Vybe Networks Inc. http://www.VybeNetworks.com/ IM:da...@vex.net VoIP: sip:da...@vybenetworks.com -- https://mail.python.org

New books by O’Reilly

2018-08-18 Thread Larry Martell
https://imgur.com/gallery/tW1lwEl -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Free Python e-books from O'Reilly

2016-10-10 Thread John Gordon
ed that they were all fairly short, none more than 80 pages or so. I suspect these books are somewhat lighter fare than the typical O'Reilly tome. Not necessarily a bad thing, but worth mentioning. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com

Re: Free Python e-books from O'Reilly

2016-10-10 Thread Uri Even-Chen
I think it's good that so many free books are about Python, more than any other specific programming language. But I haven't read any of them yet. *Uri Even-Chen* [image: photo] Phone: +972-54-3995700 Email: u...@speedy.net Website: http://www.speedysoftware.com/uri/en/ <http://www

Free Python e-books from O'Reilly

2016-10-10 Thread Martin Schöön
http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/ Any of these good enough to bother getting? Yes, I know, they are for no pay but if not worth reading still a waste of time and memory space. /Martin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: PyCli : Need some reference to good books or tutorials on pycli

2014-09-26 Thread Jean-Michel Pichavant
- Original Message - > From: vijna...@gmail.com > To: python-list@python.org > Sent: Friday, 26 September, 2014 2:54:48 PM > Subject: PyCli : Need some reference to good books or tutorials on pycli > > Hi Folks, > > I need to develop a CLI (PyCli or simila

Re: PyCli : Need some reference to good books or tutorials on pycli

2014-09-26 Thread Michael Torrie
On 09/26/2014 06:54 AM, vijna...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I need to develop a CLI (PyCli or similar)on Linux. > To be more specific to develop Quagga(open source routing software) like > commands using python instead of C. > > Need some good reference material for the same. > > P.S googl

Re: PyCli : Need some reference to good books or tutorials on pycli

2014-09-26 Thread Michael Torrie
On 09/26/2014 06:54 AM, vijna...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I need to develop a CLI (PyCli or similar)on Linux. > To be more specific to develop Quagga(open source routing software) like > commands using python instead of C. > > Need some good reference material for the same. > > P.S googl

PyCli : Need some reference to good books or tutorials on pycli

2014-09-26 Thread vijnaana
Hi Folks, I need to develop a CLI (PyCli or similar)on Linux. To be more specific to develop Quagga(open source routing software) like commands using python instead of C. Need some good reference material for the same. P.S google didn't help Thank You! Vij -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/li

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 22Feb2014 02:45, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:12:00 -0800, ApathyBear wrote: > > [...] or in any other language > > for that matter? If an API is defining rules in C, is all hope lost for > > trying to use it in python? > > If an API is defined for a C library or function,

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 12:12:00 -0800, ApathyBear wrote: > Thanks, I think I have an understanding of what they are, but now am > still a little confused on how one goes about using it: how am I > supposed to know how to use an API in python? *scratches head* Er, first you learn how to program in

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Roy Smith
In article <3fa5e368-a47c-4a7e-80dc-c5333fb56...@googlegroups.com>, ApathyBear wrote: > Thanks, I think I have an understanding of what they are, but now am still a > little confused on how one goes about using it: how am I supposed to know how > to use an API in python? or in any other langua

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Feb 21, 2014 3:15 PM, "ApathyBear" wrote: > > Thanks, I think I have an understanding of what they are, but now am still a little confused on how one goes about using it: how am I supposed to know how to use an API in python? or in any other language for that matter? If an API is defining rules

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread ApathyBear
Thanks, I think I have an understanding of what they are, but now am still a little confused on how one goes about using it: how am I supposed to know how to use an API in python? or in any other language for that matter? If an API is defining rules in C, is all hope lost for trying to use it in

Re:New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Dave Angel
experience. Regardless, any tutorials/books/guides that deal with API for a > complete beginner would be awesome. > At its most fundamental, the API is the documentation that makes it practical to reuse code you didn't write yourself, or that you wrote longer than 30 days ago.

Re: New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:59:16 -0800, ApathyBear wrote: > I don't understand how APIs work to save my life. I am a complete > beginner. In fact, I am a bit confused on what API even means and what > the meaning entails. API stands for "Application Programming Interface", and it essentially means t

New to working with APIs, any good tutorials/books/guides?

2014-02-21 Thread ApathyBear
I don't understand how APIs work to save my life. I am a complete beginner. In fact, I am a bit confused on what API even means and what the meaning entails. I am fairly competent with python, though I do lack some real world experience. Regardless, any tutorials/books/guides that deal wit

Good Books for Wedding Planners

2013-07-10 Thread fletcherbenjiaa
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Useful Python books and Web sites for system administrators

2013-06-13 Thread Richard Zinar
Hi, If anyone has some favorite books or Web sites which explore using Python for various system administration tasks, I'd be interested in hearing about them. I'm primarily interested in resources which focus on Linux, but since I work in a multi-platform environment, pointers to s

Re: Books?

2012-08-23 Thread Perry Bhandal
I agree with Madison, think Python is a good choice if you have no programming experience. It'll teach you Python while also covering programming fundamentals. If you have prior programming experience, the Python docs/tutorials should be enough to get you started. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 5:56 PM,

Re: Books?

2012-08-23 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
[ Virgil Stokes wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 16:34:40 +0200 ] > On 22-Aug-2012 16:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote: > > > >> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or > >&g

Re: Books?

2012-08-22 Thread Virgil Stokes
On 22-Aug-2012 16:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote: On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote: What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or online. Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally* just a few minutes ago, this

Re: Books?

2012-08-22 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote: > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or > online. Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally* just a few minutes ago, this book: http://www.springer.com/mathe

Re: Books?

2012-08-22 Thread Jamie Paul Griffin
[ Mark Lawrence wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 8:43:58 +0100 ] > On 22/08/2012 02:36, Anonymous Group wrote: > > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or > > online. > > > > Search for the Alan Gauld tutorial. I've never used it

Re: Books?

2012-08-22 Thread Mark Lawrence
On 22/08/2012 02:36, Anonymous Group wrote: What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or online. Search for the Alan Gauld tutorial. I've never used it myself, but OTOH I've never heard anybody complain about it!!! As someone else has already mention

Re: Books?

2012-08-22 Thread Michael Poeltl
I would recommend "Dive into Python3" just goole-search "dive into python3" filetype:pdf and you got it! regards Michael * Anonymous Group [2012-08-22 03:40]: > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or > online. > -- > http://

Re: Books?

2012-08-21 Thread Anonymous Group
On Aug 21, 7:04 pm, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > > In article > > <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb645...@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, > >  Anonymous Group wrote: > > >> What books do you recomend for

Re: Books?

2012-08-21 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Roy Smith wrote: > In article > <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb645...@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, > Anonymous Group wrote: > >> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or >> online. > > I wou

Re: Books?

2012-08-21 Thread Roy Smith
In article <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb645...@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>, Anonymous Group wrote: > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or > online. I would start with http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/lis

Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books

2012-06-28 Thread David Thomas
Thanks everyone for the feedback really appreciate it especially the above post cheers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books

2012-06-27 Thread rusi
On Jun 28, 2:00 am, David Thomas wrote: > Hi I know that this is a group about Python.  But I am just wondering if > anybody can recommend any introductory/good books on Conputer Science. > > Kind regards This is like asking: How do I live my life? or make money (or love)? etc No

Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books

2012-06-27 Thread Greg
On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 2:00:03 PM UTC-7, David Thomas wrote: > Hi I know that this is a group about Python. But I am just wondering if > anybody can recommend any introductory/good books on Conputer Science. > > Kind regards I recommend "Python Programming: An Introdu

Re: Recommend decent Computer Science books

2012-06-27 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 7:00 AM, David Thomas wrote: > Hi I know that this is a group about Python.  But I am just wondering if > anybody can recommend any introductory/good books on Conputer Science. Well, there are books about Python specifically. They get discussed periodically on thi

Recommend decent Computer Science books

2012-06-27 Thread David Thomas
Hi I know that this is a group about Python. But I am just wondering if anybody can recommend any introductory/good books on Conputer Science. Kind regards -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: IDL Books On Sale

2012-05-09 Thread David Fanning
David Fanning writes: > Whoops! A link might be good, I guess. I've been gone so > long I've forgotten how to do this: > >http://www.idlcoyote.com/store Whoops! Sorry again. I just realized I was posting this to my NEW newsgroup. How embarrassing... :-( David -- David Fanning, Ph.D. Fan

Re: IDL Books On Sale

2012-05-09 Thread David Fanning
David Fanning writes: > > Folks, > > My wife says that as long as I'm retired, she wants the > bedroom back, so I've put all my books I have in storage > there on sale! > > I only have four copies left of IDL Programming Techniques, > 2nd Edition, and I

IDL Books On Sale

2012-05-09 Thread David Fanning
Folks, My wife says that as long as I'm retired, she wants the bedroom back, so I've put all my books I have in storage there on sale! I only have four copies left of IDL Programming Techniques, 2nd Edition, and I don't plan to print any more of those. If you want one, this m

Re: solutions books

2012-04-28 Thread ali deli
Hi, I'am a college physics student. If you have the following document " SOLUTIONS MANUAL TO FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING ELECTROMAGNETICS, by DAVID CHENG ", Could you please send me the document? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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looking for good tutorials/books for advanced beginners

2012-01-25 Thread Dobi
moment, but I would love to learn more about Python because I like it and I have fun with it. I guess that especially in OOP stuff I still think to much in C++ style, because that's where I come from. What tutorials/books can you recomment to me based on my current experience? Something wit

Stack Architecture - was "Good books in computer science?"

2011-10-24 Thread Phil Runciman
This was part of an earlier discussion in this forum. I want to correct the impression created by Lawrence D'Oliveiro that those who implemented stacks were not designing for efficiency. > What I can say is that for scientific/engineering calculations the RPN of > KDF9 was Great because assemble

Re: Books to lean Python 3 Web Programming?

2011-10-24 Thread moijes12
On Oct 23, 3:18 am, Jonathan Loescher wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book to learn the web programming aspects > of Python 3? Hi You can check "Dive into Python 3" by Mark Pilgrim. It does cover some aspects of web programming. I haven't read it myself,but I've been reading "Dive into Pyth

Re: Books to lean Python 3 Web Programming?

2011-10-23 Thread moijes12
On Oct 23, 3:18 am, Jonathan Loescher wrote: > Can anyone recommend a good book to learn the web programming aspects > of Python 3? Hi Try out "Dive into Python 3" for an introduction to HTTP services. regards Moses -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Books to lean Python 3 Web Programming?

2011-10-22 Thread Jonathan Loescher
Can anyone recommend a good book to learn the web programming aspects of Python 3? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread Ed Keith
--- On Wed, 5/25/11, Ed Keith wrote: > I do not have my library with me, but > I remember a book that fits the bill exactly, is was from > Microsoft Press, I think it was called "Writing Solid Code" I have done some research at amazon.com, and while "Writing Solid Code" is an excellent book tha

Re: Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread Verde Denim
Hey everyone, I am looking at some projects coming up, which may or may not involve python. So I figured I would throw the question out there and see what everyone thinks. I am looking for some books on software engineering/development... something that discusses techniques from ideation, up

Re: Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread gregarican
yahoo.com > > Blog: edkeith.blogspot.com > > --- On Wed, 5/25/11, Matty Sarro wrote: > > > > > From: Matty Sarro > > Subject: Kind of OT - Books on software development? > > To: "Python list" > > Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 11:40 AM

Re: Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread Ed Keith
; From: Matty Sarro > Subject: Kind of OT - Books on software development? > To: "Python list" > Date: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 11:40 AM > Hey everyone, > I am looking at some projects coming up, which may or may > not involve > python. So I figured I would throw the

Kind of OT - Books on software development?

2011-05-25 Thread Matty Sarro
Hey everyone, I am looking at some projects coming up, which may or may not involve python. So I figured I would throw the question out there and see what everyone thinks. I am looking for some books on software engineering/development... something that discusses techniques from ideation, up

Re: Python programming books

2011-02-23 Thread Joel Koltner
"John Bokma" wrote in message news:87oc63nvuo@castleamber.com... I also like the "Python Essential Reference" a lot. I'd second that. "Python Essential Reference" effectively documents the "batteries included" aspect of Python, using lots of good examples in a quite readable tome. --

Re: Python programming books

2011-02-22 Thread John Bokma
David Keeler writes: > I am relatively new to python. I've been reading online docs and > tutorials for 4-5 weeks now, but I like actual books. I am not new to > programming and I have worked with quite a few languages. I'd like a > good reference with basic stuff inclu

Re: Python programming books

2011-02-22 Thread Terry Reedy
On 2/22/2011 7:54 PM, David Keeler wrote: I am relatively new to python. I've been reading online docs and tutorials for 4-5 weeks now, but I like actual books. I am not new to programming and I have worked with quite a few languages. I'd like a good reference with basic stuff includi

Python programming books

2011-02-22 Thread David Keeler
I am relatively new to python. I've been reading online docs and tutorials for 4-5 weeks now, but I like actual books. I am not new to programming and I have worked with quite a few languages. I'd like a good reference with basic stuff including classes and maybe some web programmin

Re: Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Oshan
hi kee, i'm a beginner too.. when i asked the same question, some python gurus recommended these books and videos. in fact it worked.. so now i'm forwarding the same to you... 1. Core Python Programming by Wesley J. Chun 2. python quick reference guide - *http://rgruet.free.fr/#Qu

Re: Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Kee Nethery
On Dec 7, 2010, at 5:39 AM, Octavian Rasnita wrote: > Do you have, or can I find elsewhere a recommendation for books,tutorials and > sites appropriate for beginners? I have found that Python for Dummies is the book I use the most. It has lots of examples that work and that I can buil

Re: Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Mauro Caceres
> > > I am also interested to find where I can get Python modules from and how... > similar tools and sites with cpan and ppm for Perl. > > You should look at http://pypi.python.org/pypi, for modules. pip (http://pip.openplans.org/) is a tool used to install python modules. enjoy -- Mauro Cácer

Re: Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Octavian Rasnita
also?) Thanks. Octavian - Original Message - From: "Anders Persson" Newsgroups: comp.lang.python To: Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 4:14 PM Subject: Re: Books recommendation You can't compile Python to exe files, but there is program packing your script to a

Re: Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Anders Persson
wrote: > Hello, > > Do you have, or can I find elsewhere a recommendation for books,tutorials and > sites appropriate for beginners? > > I have a lot of experience in Perl but I am interested to also learn Python > for: > - web development (with frameworks similar w

Books recommendation

2010-12-07 Thread Octavian Rasnita
Hello, Do you have, or can I find elsewhere a recommendation for books,tutorials and sites appropriate for beginners? I have a lot of experience in Perl but I am interested to also learn Python for: - web development (with frameworks similar with Catalyst and Ruby on Rails, good templating

Free E-Books collection

2010-11-09 Thread naveed ahmed
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Re: Trying to run Python 2.7 on Windows 7 and any suggestions on books/websites for "dummies guide to python" type learning

2010-08-03 Thread rantingrick
On Aug 2, 5:32 pm, James Mills wrote: > On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:07 AM, ben owen wrote: > > Hi everyone, I'm new to this and was needing help with trying to learn/work > > with Python 2.7 on my computer. I'm running Windows 7 and trying to learn > > python programming from an older book from 1999

Re: Trying to run Python 2.7 on Windows 7 and any suggestions on books/websites for "dummies guide to python" type learning

2010-08-02 Thread James Mills
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:07 AM, ben owen wrote: > Hi everyone, I'm new to this and was needing help with trying to learn/work > with Python 2.7 on my computer. I'm running Windows 7 and trying to learn > python programming from an older book from 1999 by Mark Lutz and David > Ascher my boss gave m

Trying to run Python 2.7 on Windows 7 and any suggestions on books/websites for "dummies guide to python" type learning

2010-08-02 Thread ben owen
Hi everyone, I'm new to this and was needing help with trying to learn/work with Python 2.7 on my computer. I'm running Windows 7 and trying to learn python programming from an older book from 1999 by Mark Lutz and David Ascher my boss gave me, and for some reason none of my script/modules for

Re: Opportunity to author Python books- Packt Publishing.

2010-03-09 Thread sstein...@gmail.com
computer related > books. > > We are planning to extend our catalogue of cookbooks and are currently > inviting "Python" fanatics interested in writing a cookbook. So, if you love > "Python" and are interested in writing a cookbook, please contact us with > you

Opportunity to author Python books- Packt Publishing.

2010-03-09 Thread Kshipra Singh
Hi All, I am writing to you for Packt Publishing, the publishers computer related books. We are planning to extend our catalogue of cookbooks and are currently inviting "Python" fanatics interested in writing a cookbook. So, if you love "Python" and are interested in writin

Re: Scripting (was Re: Python books, literature etc)

2010-01-09 Thread bartc
"Peter" wrote in message news:mailman.661.1262978839.28905.python-l...@python.org... Sounds good. Regarding the book's title: is it just me, or are Python programmers in general put off when people call it "scripting"? I won't attempt a strict definition of the term "scripting language", b

Re: Scripting (was Re: Python books, literature etc)

2010-01-09 Thread McColgst
Just to kind of get back on topic: Before buying a book or making a terribly large investment, OP should consider the fact that Python 3 is out and gaining some popularity. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Scripting (was Re: Python books, literature etc)

2010-01-08 Thread Florian Diesch
Jorgen Grahn writes: > Regarding the book's title: is it just me, or are Python programmers > in general put off when people call it "scripting"? > > I won't attempt a strict definition of the term "scripting language", > but it seems like non-programmers use it to mean "less scary than what > yo

Re: Scripting (was Re: Python books, literature etc)

2010-01-08 Thread Peter
Sounds good. Regarding the book's title: is it just me, or are Python programmers in general put off when people call it "scripting"? I won't attempt a strict definition of the term "scripting language", but it seems like non-programmers use it to mean "less scary than what you might think of

Re: Scripting (was Re: Python books, literature etc)

2010-01-08 Thread MRAB
Jorgen Grahn wrote: On Thu, 2010-01-07, Peter wrote: [...] depending on your application domain, I liked: 1) Hans Petter Langtangen: Python Scripting for Computational Science A truly excellent book, not only with respect to Python Scripting , but also on how to avoid paying license fees by

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