Arild B. Næss wrote: > > Den 25. nov. 2006 kl. 13.32 skrev Dick Moores: > >> At 08:40 PM 11/24/2006, Jalil wrote: >>> If you already know C you should be fine with python ref book. >>> >>> *Python Essential Reference (2nd Edition)* >> >> The 3rd ed. came out Feb 2006. >> http://tinyurl.com/yjvn6o >> > > I have also been wondering about a second book to get. I've already got > "Beginning Python" from Apress, which is good, but very basic. > > I'm weighing "Python in a Nutshell" against "Python Essential > Reference". In one of the customer reviews on the amazon-page (linked to > above), someone claims: "The Nutshell book documents each function of a > module with an explanation of how to use it and what to watch out for. > It often provides a useful example. Beazley, on the other hand, has > mostly restated the web docs, which are free." > > Any opinions on this?
Python in a Nutshell does give good concise explanations of the modules. The version of Beazley that I have, which is pretty old (2000), doesn't seem to add much to the docs. But personally I prefer the online docs to either. I think a good intermediate Python book is the Python Cookbook. This gives a lot of examples of using Python and the standard library in ways you might not have thought of. It is a good collection of idiomatic Python. > > (BTW: When I try to visit diveintopython.com, that someone just > mentioned in this thread, I get up a web page that has little if > anything to do with python.) Try diveintopython.org Kent > > Arild Næss > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
