[omaha] Book suggestions for a Perl programmer wanting to learn Python?

[Jay Bendon]

Dive into python is probably the best free resource for learning the
language along with the python pocket reference once you've got the basics
down.
On Sep 14, 2012 9:06 PM, "Chad Homan" <choman at gmail.com> wrote:

> Check out: a byte of python
> On Sep 14, 2012 10:02 PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
> > For a project I'm deciding to branch out and force myself to do much of
> it
> > in Python.  I'm well versed in Perl (functional and object oriented),
> > anyone have any suggestions for a Python book to pick up that isn't going
> > to spend the first 1/3 of the book describing what a variable is and
> other
> > absolute beginner issues?
> >
> > For what it's worth, I'm probably going to start with Python 2.7 and jump
> > into 3 when I'm done with my project (many of the modules are 2.X only
> from
> > what I understand).
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > P.S. I'm watching this guys Python tutorial videos.  Good video
> production
> > value, and easy enough to follow along as long as you're quick with the
> > pause button.
> >      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uf6wGL8B7g&feature=relmfu
> >
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