Re: New Python book

hrh1818 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This book is not a new book. It is an updated version of Magnus's 2002 > Practical Python book. Then it's probably a good book, because Practical Python sure was! Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New Python book

This book is not a new book. It is an updated version of Magnus's 2002 Practical Python book. Dick Moores wrote: > (Sorry, my previous post should not have had "Tutor" in the subject header.) > > Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to > Professional_ was published by Ap

Re: New Python book

The title is very misleading. The book is a nice introduction to Python, covers the high lights of Python without getting bogged down in detail and the author has a lively writing style. But the book has very litle to entice professional programmers. Dick Moores wrote: > (Sorry, my previous post

Re: New Python book

Maurice LING wrote: >I had the opportunity to glance through the book in Borders yesterday. >On the whole, I think it is well covered and is very readable. Perhaps I >was looking for a specific aspect, and I find that threads did not get >enough attention. Looking at the index pages, the topics

Re: New Python book

I had the opportunity to glance through the book in Borders yesterday. On the whole, I think it is well covered and is very readable. Perhaps I was looking for a specific aspect, and I find that threads did not get enough attention. Looking at the index pages, the topics on threads (about 4-5 p

Re: New Python book

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You could ask over on comp.lang.python.education comp.lang.python.education is a rogue newsgroup; it won't appear on many newsservers. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/

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Jeremy Jones wrote (about Magnus Lie Hetland's _Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional_): > ... this would probably also be an excellent educational resource > for teachers in a classroom setting teaching students Python. I would > be interested to hear some teachers' opinion on tha

Re: New Python book

Dick Moores wrote: > Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to > Professional_ was published by Apress on Sept. 26 (in the U.S.). My copy > arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. Very much worth a look, IMHO. > But what do the experts here think? > >

Re: New Python book

Dick Moores wrote: >(Sorry, my previous post should not have had "Tutor" in the subject header.) > >Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to >Professional_ was published by Apress on Sept. 26 (in the U.S.). My copy >arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. Very much worth