Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-22 Thread News123
Evan Kroske wrote: Sam Tregar wrote: Greetings. I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read. I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more motivated now so I might return

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-21 Thread Esmail
Shawn Milochik wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Sam, In no specific order (I brought them all): Wesley Chun's Core Python Programming http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list I second the Wesley Chun recommendation wholeheartedly. This book

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-21 Thread Gökhan SEVER
Hello, I received an autographed copy of CPP, 2nd Edition after joining to Safari's What is Python webcast. They published the recorded session online as well. Check http://www.safaribooksonline.com/Corporate/DownloadAndResources/webcasts.php As you will see from the lecture, he is a very

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-21 Thread Esmail
Gökhan SEVER wrote: Hello, I received an autographed copy of CPP, 2nd Edition after joining to Safari's What is Python webcast. They published the recorded session online as well. Check http://www.safaribooksonline.com/Corporate/DownloadAndResources/webcasts.php As you will see from the

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-17 Thread James Matthews
For me it's any book on Django, Core Python 2nd Edition (which I will buy if updated) and Python Power. On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Lou Pecora pec...@anvil.nrl.navy.milwrote: In article e1db4ac7-4997-401b-9a1f-112787a9e...@r3g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, Mike Driscoll kyoso...@gmail.com

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-15 Thread Evan Kroske
Sam Tregar wrote: Greetings. I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read. I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more motivated now so I might return to it. What's your

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-15 Thread Sam Tregar
Thanks for the suggestions everyone! I've got a copy of Core Python 2nd Edition on the way. -sam -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-15 Thread Jeff McNeil
On May 11, 5:45 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sam Tregar s...@tregar.com wrote: Greetings.  I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read.  I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-15 Thread Mike Driscoll
On May 11, 4:45 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote: On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sam Tregar s...@tregar.com wrote: Greetings.  I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read.  I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-15 Thread Lou Pecora
In article e1db4ac7-4997-401b-9a1f-112787a9e...@r3g2000vbp.googlegroups.com, Mike Driscoll kyoso...@gmail.com wrote: On May 11, 4:45 pm, Chris Rebert c...@rebertia.com wrote: I like Python in a Nutshell as a reference book, although it's now slightly outdated given Python 3.0's release

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-12 Thread Jeremiah Dodds
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 9:44 PM, Sam Tregar s...@tregar.com wrote: Greetings. I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read. I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more

Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-11 Thread Sam Tregar
Greetings. I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read. I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more motivated now so I might return to it. What's your favorite? Why?

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-11 Thread Shawn Milochik
It depends on what you want to do. If you still want to beef up on general knowledge, maybe skim through The Python Cookbook or something reference-like. If you feel ready to start doing something with Python, look into one of the recent titles that applies Python for a specific purpose.

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Rebert
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sam Tregar s...@tregar.com wrote: Greetings.  I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to read.  I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-11 Thread python
Sam, In no specific order (I brought them all): Wesley Chun's Core Python Programming David Mertz's Text Processing in Python (older, but excellent) Mark Lutz's Learning Python All highly recommended. Best of luck on your Python journey! Regards, Malcolm --

Re: Your Favorite Python Book

2009-05-11 Thread Shawn Milochik
On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 5:52 PM, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Sam, In no specific order (I brought them all): Wesley Chun's Core Python Programming David Mertz's Text Processing in Python (older, but excellent) Mark Lutz's Learning Python All highly recommended. Best of luck on your