Whats the best Python Book for me

[Ivan Van Laningham]

Hi All--

> On Sun, 01 May 2005 20:18:39 GMT, John Smith <not at home.com> wrote:
> >I already know C/C++ programming and now wish to learn Python to do
> >scripting for some games that are coming out. What book would you recommend.
> >
> >I am thinking Teach Your Self Python in 24 Hours is probably the best place
> >to start...
> >

If you can program in C & C++, I wouldn't recommend starting with my
book.  It's geared to people who know very, very little programming
("Python Mind, Beginner's Mind").  I think that most of what you have to
do is unlearn things you already know how to do.  I started in Python
from where you are, with the addition of a passel of Postscript
programming and enough Lisp to make me dangerous, and learned by setting
myself a real, useful task that hadn't been done before.  I dug through
the manuals and through Lutz' _Programming Python_ and I asked dumb
questions on this list.

If I were starting now, in your place, I'd get a copy of the _Python
Cookbook_ (2e) and keep that handy.  It's a good place to learn idioms,
and that's what you're most in need of right now.

Metta,
Ivan
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Ivan Van Laningham
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Author:  Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours