Re: [Tutor] Python books

Hi, On Nov 9, 2012, at 11:13 PM, wesley chun wrote: > there is no one single book that has all you're seeking, however you can > probably find one or two that may suit your fancy in these Python reading > lists that i made earlier this year: http://goo.gl/i4u0R > > note that the 3rd set of bo

Re: [Tutor] Python books

The "Head First..." series of books (O'Reilly Press) adopts a wonderful, intuitive "work-along" format; of particular interest [to you] would be "Head First Python" by Paul Barry. From the virtual desk of Lowell Tackett  From: Ed Owens To: tutor@python.o

Re: [Tutor] Python books

On 10/11/12 01:18, Ed Owens wrote: Please start new threads with a fresh mail. On threaded readers this gets lost under a previous topic called "Question"... > Dawson, which is too plodding. Can you experts recommend a Python library? I would like to have: A command reference for the basic

Re: [Tutor] Python books

there is no one single book that has all you're seeking, however you can probably find one or two that may suit your fancy in these Python reading lists that i made earlier this year: http://goo.gl/i4u0R note that the 3rd set of books are some of the references that you're seeking. best of luck!

Re: [Tutor] Python Books...*

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Evans Anyokwu wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Kaushal Shriyan > wrote: >> >> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Alan Gauld >> wrote: >> > >> > "Srinidhi Rao" wrote >> > >> >> I am a beginner here want to explore python, >> > >> > Hi, are you a beginn

Re: [Tutor] Python Books...*

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Alan Gauld > wrote: > > > > "Srinidhi Rao" wrote > > > >> I am a beginner here want to explore python, > > > > Hi, are you a beginner to programming or just to Python? > > There are many good books for tho

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> > Finally, do you explicitly want dead tree books or Kindle type e-books > > or are you OK with web based resources? > > What exactly is dead tree book. sounds interesting Paper is made from dead trees... :-) Alan Gauld Author of the Learn To Program website http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ __

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On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Alan Gauld wrote: > > "Srinidhi Rao" wrote > >> I am a beginner here want to explore python, > > Hi, are you a beginner to programming or just to Python? > There are many good books for those converting from other languages, > there are not so many for those start

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"Srinidhi Rao" wrote I am a beginner here want to explore python, Hi, are you a beginner to programming or just to Python? There are many good books for those converting from other languages, there are not so many for those starting from scratch. To Start with which is the best book to get

Re: [Tutor] python books

I'd recommend Core Python Programming by Wesley Chun.. On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 9:45 PM, Dayo Adewunmi wrote: > chinmaya wrote: > >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM, sudhanshu gautam < >> sudhanshu9...@gmail.com > wrote: >> >>I am new in python , so need

Re: [Tutor] python books

chinmaya wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM, sudhanshu gautam mailto:sudhanshu9...@gmail.com>> wrote: I am new in python , so need a good books , previously read python Bible and swaroop but not satisfied . so tell me good books in pdf format those contents good problems a

Re: [Tutor] python books

On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 11:07 PM, sudhanshu gautam wrote: > I am new in python , so need a good books , previously read python Bible > and swaroop but not satisfied . > > > so tell me good books in pdf format those contents good problems also > > > ___ >

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On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 4:45 AM, Wayne Watson wrote: > It's unlikely you are going to find a pdf on Python that's suitable for > beginners. Do you mean pdf or a digital book? There are Python books in > digital form on the web. I'm not quite sure how it works, but I know of at > least one public l

Re: [Tutor] python books

It's unlikely you are going to find a pdf on Python that's suitable for beginners. Do you mean pdf or a digital book? There are Python books in digital form on the web. I'm not quite sure how it works, but I know of at least one public library has them. I think it works that if you have a libra

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I know it's not in PDF, but I thought it would be worth mentioning Python for Software Design: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist. I discovered this exactly a week after it was released, ordered it, and have been extremely happy with it so fa

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"sudhanshu gautam" wrote I am new in python , so need a good books , previously read python Bible and swaroop but not satisfied . so tell me good books in pdf format those contents good problems also Does it have to be in PDF? There are many, many excellent Python web sites with lots of in

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>> I am new in python , so need a good books , previously read python Bible and >> swaroop but not satisfied . >> >> >> so tell me good books in pdf format those contents good problems also if you like a conversational style and know at least one programming language, i've written a pretty popul

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Take a look at Useless python http://www.uselesspython.com/ On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:37 AM, sudhanshu gautam wrote: > I am new in python , so need a good books , previously read python Bible > and swaroop but not satisfied . > > > so tell me good books in pdf format those contents good problems

Re: [Tutor] Python books on sale

> -Original Message- > > "Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > Also the TurboGears book is 51% off: > > http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0132433885 > Safari(http://safari.oreilly.com) has both the TurboGears book and Core Python book, so you can check them out before deciding if y

Re: [Tutor] Python books on sale

"Kent Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > Also the TurboGears book is 51% off: > http://www.bookpool.com/sm/0132433885 FWIW I've just finished this one and its pretty good but full of bad typos and inconsistencies(*). If you bear with it and type in the examples it starts to become obvious whe

Re: [Tutor] python books

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007, Alan Gauld wrote: > And if you are interested in Mayan calendars and Python > it's essential reading. I think this should be nominated for QOTW. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tut

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"govind goyal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I want to purchase a python book but confused of which authur? > I need suggestion. > How is "Teach yoursef python in 24 hours by Ivan van laningham"? Its aimed at the beginning programmer with no knowlege of other programming languages. It is based on

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govind goyal wrote: > hi, > > In regards to programming language I know C,C++ and little of perl syntax. "Learning Python" is good for people with some programming background. "Dive into Python" is popular but IMO it focuses too much on flashy features and not enough on the basics. "Beginning Py

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govind goyal wrote: > Hi, > > I want to purchase a python book but confused of which authur?I need > suggestion. > How is "Teach yoursef python in 24 hours by Ivan van laningham"? Do you have any programming background or is Python your first programming language? Kent __

Re: [Tutor] Python books: buying advice needed

On 10/18/05, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David Stotijn wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm planning on buying a book to help me learn Python. Some of the books > > I'm considering are a few years old and based on an older version of > > Python (e.g. 2.3). > > Is it wise to buy a book based on

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David Holland wrote: > The best book I found was python programming for the > absolute beginner by Michael Dawson. I would strongly > recommend it. Yes, I would agree 100%. Michael Dawson does an excellent job teaching Python to beginners. (Most others don't come close to his book, in my opi

Re: [Tutor] Python books: buying advice needed

Hi David, The answer depends. If you are looking for free resources, I would recommend checking out: http://www.greenteapress.com However, if you are looking for a professional-grade book, then I would recommend "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner." I, personally speaking, found t

Re: [Tutor] Python books: buying advice needed

David Stotijn wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on buying a book to help me learn Python. Some of the books > I'm considering are a few years old and based on an older version of > Python (e.g. 2.3). > Is it wise to buy a book based on an older version? Are the principles > and methods used in thos

Re: [Tutor] Python books: buying advice needed

2005/10/18, David Stotijn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm planning on buying a book to help me learn Python. Some of the books > I'm considering are a few years old and based on an older version of Python > (e.g. 2.3). Python 2.3 is not so old... :) > Is it wise to buy a book based on an older versi

Re: [Tutor] Python Books

Hello Terry, Practical Python is really good too, although I chose Learning Python over it to teach my class this month. Sunday, June 12, 2005, 9:00:34 AM, you wrote: TC> On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Kristiano Ang wrote: >> So, I'm prepared to invest in a Python book of some sort that will >> help me

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On 6/12/05, Kristiano Ang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey guys, > On and off, I've been looking through the Python tutorials and I've > been following the Josh Cogliati tutorial. While good for the basics, > I find them to be a little incomplete (i.e: Lack of answers/followups > for the excercis

Re: [Tutor] Python Books

On Sun, 12 Jun 2005, Kristiano Ang wrote: > So, I'm prepared to invest in a Python book of some sort that will > help me master the language. Does anyone have any recommendations? Or > perhaps tutorials? I have limited programming experience (a little > dabbling in C++). For a how-to-learn Pytho