Greetings:
Like Matthew, I have a been programming for several years, mostly in
C-like languages and various assembly languages. I started using Python
about two years ago. "Learning Python" is my text book; "Python in a
Nutshell" is my language reference. Both are excellent. I use one or
both nearly every day. I haven't used the "Python Cookbook" much.
For those learning to program with Python as their language, I recommend
Alan Gauld's online guide "Learning to Program":
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/
It is well written and easy to follow. For those who like to read hard
copy, you can download a pdf version of the guide
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/tutor.pdf
and print it out.
Best of luck.
Barry
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> Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2006 10:11:19 +0100
> From: "Matthew Webber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python Programming Books
> To: "'Grady Henry'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <tutor@python.org>
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> It depends a lot on what your prior programming experience in other
> languages is.
>
> I have a large amount of prior programming experience, and I found
> "Learning
> Python" very good. The "Python Cookbook" (Martelli et. al., also
O'Reilly)
> is very useful for learning the idioms.
>
>
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> Of Grady Henry
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>
> 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?
>
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