[Tutor] Python book suggestion please

Learn Python learnpython@hotmail.com
Sat, 05 May 2001 13:53:22 -0000


thanks,

i w'd probably try Core python progarmming.

karthik.


>Programming Python, 2nd ed. Mark Lutz. Assumes that you already know 
>Python.
>If you felt really comfortable after working through the Tutorial that 
>comes
>with the standard distribution, and were already up and writing scripts, 
>this
>might be a good book. Not concise. But, has an index. Lots of examples. 
>Lots.
>Huge book.
>
>Core Python Programming. Wesley Chun. Assumes you already know some other 
>high
>level programming language. Starts with a nice overview chapter, and then 
>has
>a chapter on each topic which goes into more detail. My favorite of the 
>three
>I have. Not as big as Programming Python, 2nd ed, and the print is larger.
>Lighter to read. Many examples.
>
>Quick Python. Daryl Harms and Kenneth McDonald. An extremely concise 
>overview
>for someone who already knows how to program in another language. Small and
>compact. I haven't looked at this one quite as much. A fair number of
>examples. Most examples are snippets, rather than full programs.
>
>--
>Sheila King
>http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
>http://www.k12groups.org/
>

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