[Tutor] New book out

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> It costs a lot, but you get a lot.  It's an OK survey
> (GUI programming, some stuff on threads), a good way to
> get your feet wet on a lot of topics, using a very
> learnable language (Python).  As such, it's a jumping
> off point for getting into specific topics in more
> depth.

Couldn't summarize better.

I'd add that some of the pages are excess baggage. For 
example the appendices on XHTML and HTML are almost word 
for word identical. A single annex could have covered 
both IMHO...

But its probably the widest ranging book for close 
to absolute beginner on the market at the moment.
For a school text you'd probably want to be fairly 
selective in which chapters you use.

Alan G.