luis, thanks for the kind words... i am glad that i am able to help you with developing your Python programming skills. you are indeed "taking it to the next level" by adding more to the problem without me asking you to. i think that's great!
i am a software engineer by profession, which doesn't leave me much time to write, although i do enjoy it whenever i'm *not* coding. :-) the best thing i can do as a writer is to meld together the different perspectives as a programmer, a teacher, and writer, and put it all together in a way that's easily digestable for people. <SALES PITCH> i have 2 other books (at the moment), one of which is a DVD version of "Core Python Programming" which is called "Python Fundamentals." it is a DVD containing a PowerPoint presentation with my narration that covers the core part of the book. you can download a free video from it by going to http://corepython.com and clicking on the "Python Fundamentals" link, then choose the sample video link to the left. the other book is called "Python Web Development with Django," a book on which i helped two excellent gentlemen put together a great tutorial to learning how to create web applications using Django. it is a very user-friendly book but has enough useful examples to make that knowledge very useful. </SALES PITCH> at some point, i may work on other books, but for the near future, the only thing on my writing list is thinking about a 3rd edition of Core Python... possibly within the next couple of years. best regards! -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Python Web Development with Django", Addison Wesley, (c) 2009 http://withdjango.com wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com python training and technical consulting cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca http://cyberwebconsulting.com On Sat, Jul 11, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Luis Galvan<cynicalairr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mr. Chun, thank you so much for your plug! I had no idea such a prestiged > author as yourself would respond to my question, but I'm glad you did! I > checked out a copy of your book from my public library (I'll need to > purchase a copy eventually though) and the exercises are definitely helping > a TON with getting my mind "thinking like a programmer". I'm barely in the > excercises section in Part I Chapter 2 and I'm already amazed at your > ability to encourage the mind to think! Personally, I'm loving your > exercises so much, that they really are motivating me to "expand" on what > you asked for. Take the small script where you challenge us to create a > "negative, postive, and zero number detecter". I'm enjoying playing around > with it by adding exceptions and elif statements here and there. Thank you > Mr. Chun, you really answered my question in its entirety. :) Have you > written any other books on programming by any chance, or can we expect any > in the future? I really love your work! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
