[Tutor] Source code samples

Danny Yoo dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu
Mon Aug 9 19:03:14 CEST 2004



On Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Lennart Andersen wrote:

> Hey, I am new to python and programming so I would like to apologies for
> any stupid question.....


Hi Lennart,

Welcome aboard!  Please feel free to ask your questions on Tutor; we're
here to help.



> Where can I get a really good book on how to read source code, I am in
> the process of reading "How to think like a computer scientist".
>
> Again, I am new at this.....


Hmmm... well, I can't think of one at the moment that's specific to
Python, but the book "Code Reading" seems to be pretty good:

    http://www.spinellis.gr/codereading/


If you're looking for samples of code to look at, you may want to browse:

    The Vaults of Parnassus:
        http://www.vex.net/parnassus/

    The Python Cookbook:
        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Python/Cookbook/

    Useless Python:
        http://uselesspython.com/


Good luck to you!



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