Okay, this reply makes it seem like I was really confused. My mail client did a weird thing, made it look to me like this question was on the Python webmaster list, where I also hang out - now it's resorted and I see it was already sent to tutor. Sorry about confusing anyone else :) And welcome!
On 09/01/2017 11:43 AM, Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 09/01/2017 07:42 AM, Derek Smith wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I am new to python coming from a Perl and Unix Admin background. I reviewed >> the site https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks and would like to >> know which book(s) you all recommended for a newbie? > > Hi Derek, welcome to Python. > > We don't recommend anything on the wiki, it wouldn't really be fair, > there are so many books written by dedicated Python enthusiasts, how > could we seem to prefer one over another? Some publishers are more > diligent than others at adding everything they publish, but that's not > really representative of quality, either. > > That said, there's obviously more to choose from than one could possibly > get through. There ARE forums where people will be more than happy to > offer an opinion, some of those were listed in the autoreply. > > The python tutor mailing list (of which some of the webmasters are also > participants) will be happy to help you along as you run into questions. > Stack Overflow is also a good source for answers to questions, although > there it's best to search first, or you'll get shut down with the > somewhat unhelpful "this question has already been asked and answered" ding. > > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor