Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-24 Thread Alan Gauld
Okay, so I have been reading some of the tutorials around the net on Python. great stuff I might add but I am getting all confused with the TCL, xwwidgets etc. I want to be able to program and I am just using the standard IDE that comes with Python. Am I on the right track? Yes, when

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-23 Thread w chun
On 12/20/05, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you recommend? I am a beginner here. hi richard, welcome to the list. are you a beginner to Python (but have programming experience), a beginner to

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-23 Thread Richard
First of thanks for all the great input from everyone!!! Okay, so I have been reading some of the tutorials around the net on Python. great stuff I might add but I am getting all confused with the TCL, xwwidgets etc. I want to be able to program and I am just using the standard IDE that comes

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-23 Thread Nick Lunt
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Richard Sent: 23 December 2005 20:05 Cc: tutor Subject: Re: [Tutor] Learning books First of thanks for all the great input from everyone!!! Okay, so I have been reading some of the tutorials around the net on Python. great stuff I

[Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread Richard
Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you recommend? I am a beginner here. Thanks Richard ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread nephish
Learning Python by O'Reilly, got me started after realizing that Programming Python by O'Reilly was a tad over me head. i am new here too. On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 14:46 -0600, Richard wrote: Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread Danny Yoo
On Tue, 20 Dec 2005, Richard wrote: Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you recommend? Merry Chrismas! I'm partial to George Polya's How to Solve It: http://www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/math/polya.html It's not Python nor

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread Srinivas Iyyer
1. Learn to Program Using Python by Alan Gauld (Stage 1) 2. Learning Python by Mark Lutz and David Ascher (Stage 2) 3. If u are serious in learning python - my sincere advise : STICK TO THIS LIST. You can never find good teachers with lots of patience and with real appetite to teach elesewhere.

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread Alan Gauld
Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you recommend? I love these questions! :-) I am a beginner here. The question you need to answer is what do you want to get out of the book? For example you could get a book that teaches you the

Re: [Tutor] Learning books

2005-12-20 Thread Kent Johnson
Richard wrote: Afternoon all, My son asked me what books I would like for Christmas this year. So what would you recommend? I have started a book list on my web site. http://personalpages.tds.net/~kent37/BookList.html Kent ___ Tutor maillist -