[TriPython] recommendation request
Steve Gambino
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Thu Aug 1 16:15:38 EDT 2019
I loaned my copy of *The Quick Python Book* to one of our seasoned
JavaScript developers here and he commented that it was perfect for what he
was looking for. I've read it as well and use it as a reference from time
to time. Here is the full citation
Ceder, Naomi R.., and Nicholas H.. Tollervey. The Quick Python Book.
> Manning., 2018.
>
Hope this helps,
Steve Gambino
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:17 PM Will Spearman <willspearman at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have not read it cover to cover, but I once purchased Learning Python
> ([1]
> https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-python-5th/9781449355722/)
> for a family member who was already a developer. I looked through it
> extensively and liked that it was more about learning the syntax and
> idioms than teaching you to code, which is exactly what I was looking
> for.
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:53 PM Charlotte Mays
> <[2]charlotte.ann.mays at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ** **For people new to python but not new to programming, I highly
> recommend A
> ** **Whirlwind Tour Of Python by Jake VanderPlas. Short, hits the
> essentials,
> ** **well-explained, and the ebook is free.
> ** **On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 2:50 PM Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG
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>
> ** ** **** **Hi all
> ** ** **** **A friend asked me for the best book/video/course to learn
> Python.**
> ** ** **My
> ** ** **** **friend is already a Java and Perl programmer, so he
> doesn't
> need
> ** ** **beginner
> ** ** **** **material.** Transitional material would be best.
> ** ** **** **I've been doing some searching and thought I'd tap the
> TriPython
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> ** ** **** **server for more recommendations.
> ** ** **** **If you were a Java/JScript developer, what was your
> transition
> ** ** **like?** What
> ** ** **** **do you wish you'd had, or done, to make your transition
> quicker or
> ** ** **easier?
> ** ** **** **Mark Hutchinson
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I loaned my copy of The Quick Python Book to one of our seasoned
JavaScript developers here and he commented that it was perfect for what
he was looking for.** I've read it as well and use it as a reference from
time to time.** Here is the full citation
Ceder, Naomi R.., and Nicholas H.. Tollervey. The Quick Python Book.
Manning., 2018.
Hope this helps,
Steve Gambino
On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 3:17 PM Will Spearman <[1]willspearman at gmail.com>
wrote:
** **I have not read it cover to cover, but I once purchased Learning
Python
**
**([1][2]https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/learning-python-5th/9781449355722/)
** **for a family member who was already a developer. I looked through
it
** **extensively and liked that it was more about learning the syntax
and
** **idioms than teaching you to code, which is exactly what I was
looking for.
** **On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:53 PM Charlotte Mays
** **<[2][3]charlotte.ann.mays at gmail.com> wrote:
** ** **** **For people new to python but not new to programming, I
highly
** ** **recommend A
** ** **** **Whirlwind Tour Of Python by Jake VanderPlas. Short, hits
the
** ** **essentials,
** ** **** **well-explained, and the ebook is free.
** ** **** **On Thu, Aug 1, 2019, 2:50 PM Mark Hutchinson via TriZPUG
** ** **** **<[1][3][4]trizpug at python.org> wrote:
** ** **** ** **** **Hi all
** ** **** ** **** **A friend asked me for the best book/video/course to
learn
** ** **Python.**
** ** **** ** **My
** ** **** ** **** **friend is already a Java and Perl programmer, so he
doesn't
** ** **need
** ** **** ** **beginner
** ** **** ** **** **material.** Transitional material would be best.
** ** **** ** **** **I've been doing some searching and thought I'd tap
the
** ** **TriPython
** ** **** ** **list
** ** **** ** **** **server for more recommendations.
** ** **** ** **** **If you were a Java/JScript developer, what was your
** ** **transition
** ** **** ** **like?** What
** ** **** ** **** **do you wish you'd had, or done, to make your
transition
** ** **quicker or
** ** **** ** **easier?
** ** **** ** **** **Mark Hutchinson
** ** **** ** **_______________________________________________
** ** **** ** **TriZPUG mailing list
** ** **** ** **[2][4][5]TriZPUG at python.org
** ** **** **
**[3][5][6]https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/trizpug
** ** **** ** **[4][6][7]http://tripython.org is the Triangle Python
Users Group
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