Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Alan Gauld
"Mark Bystry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I'll look for it. Perhaps I should pick up one of the "Dummies" book > too. I'm a big fan of Dummies books but not for concepts. They are great if you want a flying start on a new language or tool, but only if you already know the concepts. For example,

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Kent Johnson
Mark Bystry wrote: > I'll look for it. Perhaps I should pick up one of the "Dummies" book too. There is a "Python for Dummies"; it is very recent and written by a respected member of the Python community. I haven't read it myself though. Kent ___ Tuto

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Mark Bystry
I'll look for it. Perhaps I should pick up one of the "Dummies" book too. Mark Kent Johnson wrote the following on 2/16/2007 8:35 AM: > Mark Bystry wrote: >> Well, I'm new here and for the most I haven't got a clue as to what I'm >> doing, however, I thought >> your website was a jewel. Most of

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Kent Johnson
Mark Bystry wrote: > Well, I'm new here and for the most I haven't got a clue as to what I'm > doing, however, I thought > your website was a jewel. Most of it was over my head but sometime in the > future I'm sure it will > become a valuable resource for me. (btw, I'm heading to Borders tonigh

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Mark Bystry
Well, I'm new here and for the most I haven't got a clue as to what I'm doing, however, I thought your website was a jewel. Most of it was over my head but sometime in the future I'm sure it will become a valuable resource for me. (btw, I'm heading to Borders tonight with my checkbook. Hoping

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Lance Haig
Hi Alan, Firstly thank you for the tutorials I have used your book and website to great affect. I use the download on the train when I am travelling. I have a question though. Do you update the web page downloads every time you update the site? I want to download a new copy and was hoping to

Re: [Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-16 Thread Alan Gauld
"Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > After a very long delay I finally got some work done on > my networking with sockets topic in my tutorial. There is > still a section to complete but the introductory explanations > and examples are now on the site. > > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk

[Tutor] New Tutor topic(almost)

2007-02-13 Thread Alan Gauld
Hi gang, After a very long delay I finally got some work done on my networking with sockets topic in my tutorial. There is still a section to complete but the introductory explanations and examples are now on the site. http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutsocket.htm If anyone has an