[Tutor] Books for Learning Python

[Alan Gauld]

On 11/01/13 14:10, Chris Rogers wrote:
> Hello all, I've began my journey into Python (2.7 currently) and I'm
> finding it a bit rough using the python.org <http://python.org>
> tutorials.

You don't tell us your starting point.

Are you experienced in programming in other languages or is python your 
first foray into Programming? Are you a professional or hobbyist?

Do you have a scientific or math background?

All of these influence what makes a book suitable.
Some of the tutorials listed on Python.org are also paper books 
(including mine).

Which tutorials have you looked at? The official tutor is good for 
people who can already program. The non-programmes ones are better if 
you can't already program (as you'd expect!). There are also several 
python videos available on sites like showmedo.com

If you can answer the above questions we might be able to recommend some 
books.

-- 
Alan G
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.alan-g.me.uk/