On 7/14/06, wesley chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> (LONG... you've been warned ;-) )
Heh, that was pretty long. I bought the first edition of Core Python
and thought that it was well-written, but I didn't quite get it (stay
with me, this gets better). It wasn't until after I had taken quite a
(LONG... you've been warned ;-) )
> > andre wrote:
> >
> > I don't know about others, but I think it might be of benefit if you
> > could give an assessment that would include a description of the
> > weaknesses of the book
>
> I'm no expert since I've only browsed Wesley's book in a store
> a few
I also am a novice. Nearly finished with the first book listed below...
If learning Python for the fun of it I have found this one enjoyable (pasted
below is listing at Amazon):
Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, Second Edition (For the
Absolute Beginner) by Michael Dawson (P
> I don't know about others, but I think it might be of benefit if you
> could give an assessment that would include a description of the
> weaknesses of the book
> [I could be in a minority opinion here. People like Kent, Alan,
> Danny, etc. should probably comment.]
I'm no expert since I've on
On 7/14/06, wesley chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> while it would be a conflict-of-interest for me to give *my* opinion
> of the book, it appears to be pretty well-received (mostly by
> word-of-mouth) based on comments i've seen so far. :-)
>
I don't know about others, but I think it might be of
> I have three books on Python programming, "Learning Python" by O'Reilly,
> "Beginning Python" by Hetland, and "Python in a Nutshell" by O'Reilly. Are
> these good (recommended) books? Any others that might be recommended?
Learning is a good book to learn from if you already know C.
Beginning i
On 7/14/06, Terry Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Grady Henry wrote:
>
> > I have three books on Python programming, "Learning Python" by O'Reilly,
> > "Beginning Python" by Hetland, and "Python in a Nutshell" by O'Reilly.
> > Are these good (recommended) books? Any other
On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Grady Henry wrote:
> I have three books on Python programming, "Learning Python" by O'Reilly,
> "Beginning Python" by Hetland, and "Python in a Nutshell" by O'Reilly.
> Are these good (recommended) books? Any others that might be
> recommended?
I don't know the Hetland boo
es must always be envisioning cathedrals.
-Quarry worker's creed
> --
> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:11:19 +0100
> From: "Matthew Webber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books
> To: "'Grady Henry'
It depends a lot on what your prior programming experience in other
languages is.
I have a large amount of prior programming experience, and I found "Learning
Python" very good. The "Python Cookbook" (Martelli et. al., also O'Reilly)
is very useful for learning the idioms.
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