Songbird,
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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.
i'm pretty well read so i can
; 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 Python books 'about'. Beyond the 'basics' they tend to
> become more topical, eg Scien
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
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
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
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 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-python-boo
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 books for just that.
I've been using Python since long before Mark Lutz's book was first
released, so I've never paid much attention to what's out there.
Still, every now and then, someone asks me for a recommendation (as
just happened a few minutes ago). "Learning Python" was last released
in 2013 (Python 3.3), so
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 sites which
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 writing a cookbook, please
On Mar 8, 2010, at 6:25 AM, Kshipra Singh wrote:
I would be delighted to write a cookbook on the stuff I use every day: python
for administering cloud servers.
Thanks,
S
aka/Steve Steiner
aka/ssteinerX
Hi All,
I am writing to you for Packt Publishing, the publishers computer related
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.
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Peter vm...@mycircuit.org 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
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 using opensource
On Fri, Jan 8, 2010 at 09:37, Jorgen Grahn grahn+n...@snipabacken.se wrote:
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
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
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 as
Jorgen Grahn grahn+n...@snipabacken.se 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
, could someone kindly mention any of their
preferred Python books, websites, tutorials etc to help me get to an
intermediate/advanced level? Something that would help me add
functionality to Ubiquity, say.
Have a great day!
Stu@
[1] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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Stuart Murray-Smith eigh...@gmail.com wrote in
news:aadebb9f1001070146n70f5be7bw2e515f9d4afed...@mail.gmail.com:
Anyways, to rephrase, could someone kindly mention any of their
preferred Python books, websites, tutorials etc to help me get
to an intermediate/advanced level? Something
Stuart Murray-Smith eigh...@gmail.com wrote in
news:aadebb9f1001070146n70f5be7bw2e515f9d4afed...@mail.gmail.com:
Anyways, to rephrase, could someone kindly mention any of their
preferred Python books, websites, tutorials etc to help me get
to an intermediate/advanced level? Something
Have a look at the Getting Started section of the wiki:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/
specially the PythonBooks section
Perfect! Exactly what I'm looking for :)
Thanks Gabriel!
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of their
preferred Python books, websites, tutorials etc to help me get to an
intermediate/advanced level? Something that would help me add
functionality to Ubiquity, say.
I may be alone in this, but Alex Martelli's book (Python in a
nutshell?) on Python 2.2 and a bit of 2.3, plus the official
Anyways, to rephrase, could someone kindly mention any of their
preferred Python books, websites, tutorials etc to help me get to an
intermediate/advanced level? Something that would help me add
functionality to Ubiquity, say.
I may be alone in this, but Alex Martelli's book (Python
Greetings list
I can code in Python (strong beginner), and would like to read more
books and/or online resources.
Could someone please point out any good books, websites, tutorials etc
to help me get to the next level.
Your help insight highly appreciated :)
Stuart
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Search Google. You'll find it all.
Search this list's archives. This kind of thing has been discussed a thousand
times.
It also wouldn't hurt to brush up on this:
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On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 09:35, Shawn Milochik sh...@milochik.com wrote:
Search Google. You'll find it all.
Search this list's archives. This kind of thing has been discussed a thousand
times.
It also wouldn't hurt to brush up on this:
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Heh...
A good point was brought up to me privately, and I agree completely,
that the OP should re-state the request with a bit more specifics...
Since the OP says he is at least familiar with Python, does he need
info on beginner level books that are general purpose, or is he
interested in resources
On May 18, 3:04 pm, kj so...@987jk.com.invalid wrote:
I have read a couple of learn Python-type books, and now I'm
looking for some more advanced books on Python, something analogous
to Effective Java or High-Order Perl. I've only been able to
find Advanced Python 3 Programming Techniques,
kj schrieb:
I have read a couple of learn Python-type books, and now I'm
looking for some more advanced books on Python,
...
Basically I'm looking for a book that assumes that one has the
basics of the language down, and instead focuses on standard problems
of software development, such as
I found Core Python Programming to cater to my needs as a Pro book.
On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Thomas Guettler h...@tbz-pariv.de wrote:
kj schrieb:
I have read a couple of learn Python-type books, and now I'm
looking for some more advanced books on Python,
...
Basically I'm looking
I have read a couple of learn Python-type books, and now I'm
looking for some more advanced books on Python, something analogous
to Effective Java or High-Order Perl. I've only been able to
find Advanced Python 3 Programming Techniques, which, as far as
I can tell, is only available as a Kindle
You might try Expert Python Programming by Tarek Ziadé. It is a
relatively recent book aimed at experts. There are several reviews
of the book linked to from a href=http://www.awaretek.com/
book.htmlthis page/a.
Ron
On May 18, 1:04 pm, kj so...@987jk.com.invalid wrote:
I have read a couple of
Take a look at Text Processing In Python by David Mertz. This book
doesn't cover all your requirements, but its a well-written book that is
more comprehensive than its title might indicate.
There's also a free version of this book online.
Malcolm
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 01:03:42 -0600, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The
On Sat, 12 Jan 2008 13:12:19 -0800 (PST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On 12 jan, 21:04, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I wonder about is the examples these books use to teach the
concepts. I found myself really attached to KR because the end of
section projects were
On Jan 12, 9:03 am, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The text book for
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
GeneralCody [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 2008-01-12 08:03:42 +0100, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good
Look at
http://www.python.org/doc/
. The tutorial is quite good.
Jim
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Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on what other titles I
could look into since this one seems from a glance at reviews to be
teaching mainly through game programming (a topic I'm not too
interested in) or if this one is a quality book by itself.
The
On Jan 12, 2:03 am, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The text book for
On Jan 12, 7:47 am, Ben Finney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on what other titles I
could look into since this one seems from a glance at reviews to be
teaching mainly through game programming (a topic I'm not too
On Jan 12, 2:03 am, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on what other titles I
could look into since this one seems from a glance at reviews to be
teaching mainly through game programming (a topic I'm not too
interested in) or if this one is a quality
On 2008-01-12 08:03:42 +0100, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The text
One thing I wonder about is the examples these books use to teach the
concepts. I found myself really attached to KR because the end of
section projects were utilities that I would find be able to find
useful in day to day work such as a version of wc and a program that
would take collapse all
On Jan 12, 4:04 pm, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I wonder about is the examples these books use to teach the
concepts. I found myself really attached to KR because the end of
section projects were utilities that I would find be able to find
useful in day to day work such as a
On 12 jan, 21:04, Landon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One thing I wonder about is the examples these books use to teach the
concepts. I found myself really attached to KR because the end of
section projects were utilities that I would find be able to find
useful in day to day work such as a
At 11:03 PM 1/11/2008, Landon wrote:
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The text book for this class is Python
Hi, I'm a freshman in college and I'm going to be taking an intro to
programming course next semester which mainly uses Python, so I
thought it might be a good time to pick up Python beyond the scope of
the class as well. The text book for this class is Python for the
Absolute Beginner or
On Apr 14, 11:37 am, Andre P.S Duarte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I started reading the beginning Python book. It is intended for people
who are starting out in the Python world. But it is really
complicated, because he tries to explain, then after a bad explanation
he puts out a bad example. I
On Apr 14, 2:37 pm, Andre P.S Duarte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I started reading the beginning Python book. It is intended for people
who are starting out in the Python world. But it is really
complicated, because he tries to explain, then after a bad explanation
he puts out a bad example. I
I started reading the beginning Python book. It is intended for people
who are starting out in the Python world. But it is really
complicated, because he tries to explain, then after a bad explanation
he puts out a bad example. I really recommend NOT reading the book.
For it will make you want not
really recommend NOT reading the book.
For it will make you want not to continue in Python. This is just me
letting the air out of my lungs. No need to reply this is just a
recommendation. Txs for the opportunity .
There are several beginning python books. You might want to be a
little more
example. I really recommend NOT reading the book.
For it will make you want not to continue in Python. This is just me
letting the air out of my lungs. No need to reply this is just a
recommendation. Txs for the opportunity .
There are several beginning python books. You might want
Alex Martelli wrote:
BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 14, 3:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote:
Some people prefer shorter books -- Python for Dummies (for new
programmers) and Python in a Nutshell (for experienced programmers) both
try to give a thorough
On Mar 15, 2:38 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote:
BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 14, 3:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote:
Some people prefer shorter books -- Python for Dummies (for new
programmers) and Python in a Nutshell (for experienced programmers)
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Tommy Nordgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've found one interesting text book on Python:
Mark Lutz - Programming Python, 3rd Edition.
How do you rate it?
One of the reasons I find it interesting is because of it's hefty
page count
- over 1500 pages.
On Mar 14, 3:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote:
Some people prefer shorter books -- Python for Dummies (for new
programmers) and Python in a Nutshell (for experienced programmers) both
try to give a thorough survey of Python while keeping the book easy to
carry.
And other people like
wesley chun wrote:
my book, Core Python Programming, is revised to 2.5, but focuses on
teaching you the core part of the language, features, objects, memory
management, development, good practices, some advanced topic coverage,
and presents lots of exercises. however, it is not an exhaustive
The Python Cookbook is still relevant, and is excellent. I have used
it to improve the quality of my solutions to several complex problems.
It helps to explain many of the more advanced tricks to Python
development.
-T
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BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 14, 3:50 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) wrote:
Some people prefer shorter books -- Python for Dummies (for new
programmers) and Python in a Nutshell (for experienced programmers) both
try to give a thorough survey of Python while keeping
On 9 mar 2007, at 04.06, Tommy Nordgren wrote:
Could some kind soul please recommend a few text books on Python 2.5
and it's class library?
I've found one interesting text book on Python:
Mark Lutz - Programming Python, 3rd Edition.
How do you rate it?
One of the reasons I
On Mar 8, 7:06 pm, Tommy Nordgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could some kind soul please recommend a few textbooks on Python 2.5
and it's class library?
it's not necessary to have a 2.5 book that can introduce you to the
modules of the Python Standard Library (not all modules are [or have]
Have a look at: Core python programming from Wesley J. Chun printed by
Prentice Hall.
Ralf Schoenian
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Alex Martelli wrote:
I do know that the 2nd edition of Python in a Nutshell tries to do
so, but falls quite a bit short on a number of important new
additions to the library
Which, if I may ask?
Regards,
Björn
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Could some kind soul please recommend a few text books on Python 2.5
and it's class library?
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Tommy Nordgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could some kind soul please recommend a few text books on Python 2.5
and it's class library?
I believe recent books on Python (such as Python for Dummies and the
second edition of Core Python Programming) do cover 2.5; I do know
that the 2nd edition of
I would suggest you the python docs available on python.org.They are the
best and latest
On 3/9/07, Tommy Nordgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Could some kind soul please recommend a few text books on Python 2.5
and it's class library?
Kine dies, Kinfolk dies, and thus at last yourself
This
of our service we let people review past problems and also
provide resources for their own research.
Can anyone tell me (in their opinion)?
What are the best three sites for python information?
What are the best three python books they own?
I would like to compile a list and include it on my site
python books they own?
Sounds great! Send me $1.50 and I'll send you my six answers.
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a lot of people.
One interesting thing I noticed when I visited Amazon.com
today, was that several publishers are busy making new
editions of their Python books. These classics are in the
pipeline:
Python Essential Reference (3rd Edition)
by David M. Beazley (Paperback - February 24, 2006)
I
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Magnus Lycka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is also a Python for Dummies on its way at last. (I'm not
sure Python *is* for dummies though. Despite being so easy to learn
and use, it mainly seems to attract smart and experienced people, why
else would Python
Aahz wrote:
If you can have _Borland C++ for Dummies_, _Python for Dummies_ makes a
lot more sense. :-/
Well, I guess Borland C++ for Dummies has a genuine purpose, but
it could be a very short book. One page where is says: Don't! ;^)
I guess it's a seal of mainstream approval to get a
Magnus Lycka wrote:
Programming Python, 3rd edition
by Mark Lutz (Paperback - July 2006)
Never a favourite of mine really, but a popular book...
This one is like broccoli. Its good for you but it doesn't have much flavor.
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On Feb 9, 2006, at 3:59 PM, James Stroud wrote:
Magnus Lycka wrote:
Programming Python, 3rd edition
by Mark Lutz (Paperback - July 2006)
Never a favourite of mine really, but a popular book...
This one is like broccoli. Its good for you but it doesn't have
much flavor.
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Hi,
Are any new editions in the works for either Python Essential
Reference or Python in a Nutshell? I'm holding off buying one or the
other existing editions, although my library overdue fines for them
would have paid for them by now!
Thanks,
Rob
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