Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-03 Thread Mark Lawrence via Tutor
On 01/09/17 18:51, Raghunadh wrote: Hello Derek, I would start with this book https://learnpythonthehardway.org Raghunadh I cannot recommend anything from the author of LPTHW after he had the audacity to write this https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html about Python 3, in

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Sri Kavi
I would choose to learn from The Python Tutorial: https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/ On Sep 1, 2017 23:06, "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

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 09/01/2017 01:08 PM, Chris Warrick wrote: > I would recommend reading the official Python tutorial [0] This > tutorial will explain the important parts of Python. It doesn’t spend > too much time explaining programming basics though. > > My alternate recommendations include Think Python [1] or

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Chris Warrick
I would recommend reading the official Python tutorial [0] This tutorial will explain the important parts of Python. It doesn’t spend too much time explaining programming basics though. My alternate recommendations include Think Python [1] or Automate the Boring Stuff with Python [2]. On 1 Septe

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Raghunadh
Hello Derek, I would start with this book https://learnpythonthehardway.org Raghunadh On September 1, 2017, at 12:35 PM, 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

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Mats Wichmann
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!

Re: [Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Mats Wichmann
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.

[Tutor] intro book for python

2017-09-01 Thread Derek Smith
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? Thank you! ___ Tutor maillist - Tuto