Learning Python - First Project

[kyosohma at gmail.com]

On Apr 23, 6:36 pm, 7stud <bbxx789_0... at yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Apr 23, 5:04 pm, Kevin Haynes <kevin.hay... at auxilior.co.uk> wrote:
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> > Hello
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> > I was a python newbie just a month ago and found the following books a great
> > help.
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> > Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to
> > Professional)  by Magnus L. Hetland (Paperback - 29 Sep 2005)http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Python-Novice-Professional/dp/15905...
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> > WxPython in Action  by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn (Paperback - 30 Mar 2006)http://www.amazon.co.uk/WxPython-Action-Noel-Rappin/dp/1932394621/ref...
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> > Kevin
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> > On Monday 23 April 2007, 7stud wrote:
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> > > Uhhmm...how are you supposed to close a ShapedWindow(under
> > > Miscellaneous)?
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> I am reading both now, and I would not recommend either one.  If you
> just skim over the examples and don't play with them, you might
> mistakenly believe you know what's going on, but if you actually try
> the examples and alter them here and there to figure out how things
> really work, you will discover all the mistakes and gaps in both
> books.

Beginning Python is a good reference, but there's not much for
examples, other than the fairly advanced stuff in the back of the
book. "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner" by Dawson was
much more fun since you get to create games in python. I'm not sure
why you don't like the wxPython one. It was a nice reference. But
maybe I liked it as I started out learning C++ and wxPython has
similar idioms.

If you want to learn the nuts and bolts of the Python language, you'll
need to read "Programming Python" by Lutz or the really in-depth book
"Core Python Programming" by Chun, which (unfortunately) has lots of
info, but not much code.

The current wxPython demo is here: http://wxpython.org/download.php
(about a third of the way down)

Mike