Newbe-books

[Jon Willeke]

Christopher Koppler wrote:

> On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:13:40 GMT, Sarge <sarge at arena.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>I'm newbe of python, but not of programming (a lot of Matlab, some 
>>C, a bit of C++), I want a *good* book on python for self-study.
>>I'm short of money, I don't want to make any mistakes, so does 
>>anybody have any suggestions (buy this-don't buy that)?
> 
> You could always search this group's archive via Google groups for
> opinions, this question comes up quite frequently.
> My personal preference, coming from a relatively similar background,
> would be O'Reilly's Learning Python, which is now out in a second
> edition covering the new features up to Python 2.3.
> But why not try the online tutorial(s) and reference, combined with
> the interactive experience that Python gives you, it's usually all you
> need if you're already familiar with programming in general.

Ditto.  I learned from the tutorial and DejaNews.  I bought _Programming 
Python_, because I liked _Programming Perl_ so much, but I haven't had 
much use for it.  I'm evaluating _Learning Python_ as a training aid. 
It's not bad, so far.  I'll probably give it to our next hire.