[Tutor] Learning Python from books

[Lowell Tackett]

"Python Programming [for the absolute beginner]" by Michael Dawson is-in my humble opinion-a programming pedagogical pacesetter.

>From the virtual desk of Lowell Tackett  



--- On Thu, 6/19/08, Zameer Manji <zmanji at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Zameer Manji <zmanji at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Tutor] Learning Python from books
> To: "Python Tutor mailing list" <tutor at python.org>
> Date: Thursday, June 19, 2008, 2:56 PM
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> Has anyone here attempted to learn Python from books ? I
> recently
> purchased "Learning Python" 3rd Edition
> (9780596513986) and if anyone
> here is a good bottom-up learner than it is the perfect
> book. The author
> goes over each feature in python, explaining it's
> syntax, usage and the
> "pythonic" way of using them in programs. It has
> really helped me
> understand some of the more powerful tools in python and I
> am sure it
> will make an excellent reference book in the future. With
> that said, has
> anyone else attempted to learn python from books and if so
> which one ?
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