Book Recommendation

[Darren Kirby]

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On August 24, 2004 4:37 pm, Anthony Greene wrote:
> I'm new to programming entirely, and I'm simply looking for some insight,
> can you guys recommend some introductory documentation for me to read, and
> what I read, and, do concurrently why reading the primary "book" ou guys
> recommend. Thanks, and any advice is great appreciated.

I have found that "How to Think like a Computer Scientist: Python"
(http://ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS/python/english/) is a very good resource. The 
book tries to explain basic programming concepts common to all languages 
using Python. 

If you are looking for a particular function/statement/module etc then the 
official docs are invaluable (http://docs.python.org/). Start with the 
tutorial and go from there.

As far as printed books, I have read "Learning Python" [O'Reilley] and 
"Practical Python" [Apress]. Both are very good.

But the most valuable resource for learning Python: The interactive 
interpreter.

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