Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Matt Richardson
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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread wesley chun
(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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread johnsonv3
nloaded free). However, I do not feel I have a full understanding at this point but expect to be getting close by the time I finish the first book listed above. - Original Message - From: "Grady Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:1

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Alan Gauld
> 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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Andre Roberge
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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread wesley chun
> 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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Andre Roberge
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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Terry Carroll
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

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Carroll, Barry
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'

Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-14 Thread Matthew Webber
idioms. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Grady Henry Sent: 14 July 2006 06:20 To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Python Programming Books I have three books on Python programming, "Learning Python" by O'Reilly, "B

[Tutor] Python Programming Books

2006-07-13 Thread Grady Henry
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? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@p