Which Pyton Book For Newbies?

[Simon Forman]

W. D. Allen wrote:
> I want to write a retirement financial estimating program. Python was
> suggested as the easiest language to use on Linux. I have some experience
> programming in Basic but not in Python.
>
> I have two questions:
>  1. What do I need to be able to make user GUIs for the program, and
>  2. Which book would be easiest to use to learn Python programming?
>
> Thanks,
>
> WDA
> ballensr at adelphia.net


Tkinter is an easy to use GUI that comes with python.  There's a good
online manual, "Tkinter reference: a GUI for Python", at
http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/lang/python/tkinter.html

HTH,
~Simon