Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread Francois Dion
On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Gary L. Gray wrote: > On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > (1) Will Python allow me to create applications that provide a simple GUI > interface to something like an integrator for ODEs? Does it have graphics > libraries that allow one to animate the

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread ALAN GAULD
> I did a lot of programming in Fortran 77 while working on my Ph.D. in > engineering mechanics > >That's OK, it's not permanent damage. :-) > >> (1) Will Python allow me to create applications that provide a simple GUI >> interface to something like an integrator for ODEs? > >No idea what an

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread lconrad
on line Python courses with labs google "python the hard way" udemy.com also has python courses https://developers.google.com/edu/python/ http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python google "free online python programming classes courses" Len On Friday 11/01/2013 at 3:18 pm, Gary L. Gray

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread Gary L. Gray
On Jan 11, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > On 11/01/13 14:10, Chris Rogers wrote: >> Hello all, I've began my journey into Python (2.7 currently) and I'm >> finding it a bit rough using the python.org >> tutorials. > > You don't tell us your starting point. > > Are you

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread Alan Gauld
On 11/01/13 14:10, Chris Rogers wrote: Hello all, I've began my journey into Python (2.7 currently) and I'm finding it a bit rough using the python.org tutorials. You don't tell us your starting point. Are you experienced in programming in other languages or is python your

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread jh
There is also this - http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0 From: Tutor [mailto:tutor-bounces+xperimental22=gmail@python.org] On Behalf Of Chris Rogers Sent: Friday, January 11, 2013 9:11 AM To: tutor@python.org Subject: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python Hello all, I've began my jo

Re: [Tutor] Books for Learning Python

2013-01-11 Thread Femi Banjo
Not Books but have you tried any of the online learning courses? They're free and look very good from my equally beginner perspective as I struggle through them(allow more time than you think :[ ) www.coursera.org www.edx.org www.udacity.com all very good, take you pick! From: quent...@gmail.co

Re: [Tutor] books Recommendation

2011-03-18 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:56 AM, ANKUR AGGARWAL wrote: > Any good ebooks or printed books to get started with the Django framework > and web based python?? > Ankur Aggarwal > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscrip

Re: [Tutor] Books with exercises and problems to solve

2007-08-07 Thread Dave Kuhlman
On Tue, Aug 07, 2007 at 03:04:55PM +0400, Khamid Nurdiev wrote: > Hello all, > so long i have been learning python with two books 1) Official tutorial by > Guido Van Rossum and 2) Pythong Programming: An Introduction to Computer > Science by John M. Zelle and like them a lot as the first one gives

Re: [Tutor] Books with exercises and problems to solve

2007-08-07 Thread Khamid Nurdiev
thanks a lot for your help On 8/7/07, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Khamid Nurdiev wrote: > > Hello all, > > so long i have been learning python with two books 1) Official tutorial > > by Guido Van Rossum and 2) Pythong Programming: An Introduction to > > Computer Science by John M.

Re: [Tutor] Books with exercises and problems to solve

2007-08-07 Thread Kent Johnson
Khamid Nurdiev wrote: > Hello all, > so long i have been learning python with two books 1) Official tutorial > by Guido Van Rossum and 2) Pythong Programming: An Introduction to > Computer Science by John M. Zelle and like them a lot as the first one > gives a lot of explanations but without any

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread w chun
> > "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional", by > > Magnus Lie Hetland > > There's also, on-line, Dive Into Python by Mark Pilgrim, often > recommended as a good intro book both of these are very good books, but the target audience is slightly different, as is for "Core Python" -- 2nd ed

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread stv
> "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional", by > Magnus Lie Hetland > Publisher: Apress (September 26, 2005) > ISBN: 159059519X I would heartily second this recommendation. Different folks have different learning styles, and having a good overview can make weeding out the internet informati

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread Chad Crabtree
I have learend a great deal of python, and I have never bought a book. All the information one really needs is available freely on the internet. As long as you understand the basic data types you should be able to piece together what you need from the internet. ___

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread Carroll, Barry
Greetings, John, For my money, that book is: Learning Python, 2nd Edition By David Ascher, Mark Lutz Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: December 2003 ISBN: 0-596-00281-5 Pages: 620 $25.19 new, 18.47 used (+ shipping) From amazon.com I taught myself Python wit

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread Hoffmann
--- John Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day, > > I know this is a difficult question to answer > because it's probably more a > matter of personal taste than anything else. > > I'm retired so money has to be watched fairly > carefully and books are kind > of expensive down here in Aust

Re: [Tutor] Books

2006-05-03 Thread Steve Nelson
On 5/3/06, John Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day, > > I know this is a difficult question to answer because it's probably more a > matter of personal taste than anything else. It is also a VFAQ. Check the archives - I'm not aware of any radical new books that would render the most recen

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-22 Thread Nick Lunt
; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Johan Geldenhuys > Sent: 21 December 2005 20:59 > To: David Holland > Cc: tutor@python.org > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Books > > > Are here any new books on web programming with Python? > > Johan > > David Holl

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-22 Thread Alan Gauld
> While we are on the topic of books, what book would you recommend for > the experienced C++/C# programmer looking to pick up Python? > looking to use Python for general scripting tasks as I'm finding that > batch files just aren't flexible or powerful enough on WinXP... For your particular inte

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-22 Thread Brian van den Broek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said unto the world upon 2005-12-22 05:00: > While we are on the topic of books, what book would you recommend for > the experienced C++/C# programmer looking to pick up Python? I've been > looking at 'Python in a Nutshell' and 'Programming Python' on > amazon.co.uk, as I've foun

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-22 Thread daniel.brown
cember 2005 03:47 To: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Books * Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [051221 13:40]: > Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > > Are here any new books on web programming with Python? I have "Python Web Programming" by Steve Holden, written in 2002

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-21 Thread Tim Johnson
* Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [051221 13:40]: > Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > > Are here any new books on web programming with Python? I have "Python Web Programming" by Steve Holden, written in 2002 covering up to python 2.0 - I believe. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735710902/qid=1

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Johan Geldenhuys wrote: > Are here any new books on web programming with Python? Depending on what you mean by web programming, you might be interested in these: Foundations of Python Network Programming http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=363 Twisted Network Programming Essentials h

Re: [Tutor] Books

2005-12-21 Thread Johan Geldenhuys
Are here any new books on web programming with Python? Johan David Holland wrote: >I would recommend python programming for the absolute beginner. > > > > > >___ >Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC c