Python Bible recommendations?

[Harvey Thomas]

Lee John Moore wrote:
> 
> I've got my feet wet with python by following a few online
> tutorials, but can't help feeling I'm 'missing a few links'.
> For that reason, I'm 90% decided upon buying David Brueck's
> "Python Bible".
> 
> I want to avoid the 'Teach Yourself...' titles because they
> focus too much on aspects I'm already familiar with as a
> programmer of other languages (C, C++ & Pascal amongst others).
> 
> Would other users of the group recommend this 'bible' or
> something else, for somebody like me just getting his feet wet?
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>                            Will Self, Cock & Bull
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I was in the same position as you about 18 months ago and bought the "Python Bible" and never regretted that decision as for me it went at the right pace with wide coverage and illustrative code snippets. Don't think it's been updated, so you would need supplementary material to cover the goodies in 2.2/2.3 I suspect that currently I would buy Alex Martelli's "Python in a Nutshell" (covers 2.2 and main features of 2.3) and, budget permitting, "Python Cookbook".

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