best book

Hi all,

What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.

kindly enlighten,

thanks,
KM

re: best book

On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:32:31 +0530, km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote:

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>What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.[/color]

My favorite to start is O'Reilley's "Learning Python."

Try to borrow it, rather than buy it, though, or at least buy a used copy.
Once you know Python, you won't be using this book for much; you'll be
using the online documentation or a reference-type book like (my favorite)
"Python in a Nutshell".

You'll probably get a bunch of responses, saying "You don't need a book,
use the online tutorials," but if you're like me, you like the idea of
curling up on the couch or in bed with an honest-to-goodness *book.*

If not, there *are* a lot of good tutorials. A good place to start is
<http://www.python.org/topics/learn/>.

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Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com> wrote in message news:<t1kb0011sp7p3804ueoujjjeihsu1tkb2m@4ax.com>. ..[color=blue]
> On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:32:31 +0530, km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote:[/color]
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> My favorite to start is O'Reilley's "Learning Python."
>
> Try to borrow it, rather than buy it, though, or at least buy a used copy.[/color]


The problem with that is that a used or borrowed copy is unlikely to
be the (new) 2nd edition, (see
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython2/) which covers up to Python
2.3. (The older version is badly outdated). Besides which, if you
actually buy a copy they might consider a 3rd edition at some time in
the future.

re: best book

Am Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:32:31 +0530 schrieb km:
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> Hi all,
>
> What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.[/color]

Since you already know perl, I suggest the Python Cookbook.
A lot of examples!

thomas

re: best book

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:31:32 GMT, Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com>
wrote:
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>>What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.[/color]
>
>My favorite to start is O'Reilley's "Learning Python."[/color]

Yes. It's the good starting point. For previous Perl programmer
"Python Essential Reference" by David M. Beazley might be the good
choice.

Check also this list: http://www.awaretek.com/book.html

There are some reviews there:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...ry/l-cp12.html

--
JZ

re: best book

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:31:32 GMT, Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com>
wrote:
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>>What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.[/color]
>
>My favorite to start is O'Reilley's "Learning Python."[/color]

Yes. It's the good starting point. And for previous Perl programmer
another good choice is "Python Essential Reference" by David M.
Beazley. Check also this list: http://www.awaretek.com/book.html and
those reviews:
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwork...ry/l-cp12.html

--
JZ

re: best book

km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in> writes:
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> Hi all,
>
> What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working
> since 1 yr with Perl.[/color]

I posted this last week:

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Thomas Mang <a9804814@unet.univie.ac.at> writes:
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> Hello,
>
> I have programmed mostly in C++ lately, and I want to start learning
> Python now.
>
> Which books would you recommend to buy?[/color]

Well, maybe, none. Have you tried the online material?

http://www.python.org/topics/learn

and in particular

http://www.python.org/topics/learn/prog.html
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> I am both looking for an introduction into the language, as well as
> complete guides.[/color]

For the "complete guide", what I've seen of Python in a Nutshell is
pretty good. But I actually don't own any books on Python (well apart
from the one I tech reviewed).

Cheers,
mwh
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re: best book

afriere@yahoo.co.uk (Asun Friere) writes:
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> Terry Carroll <carroll@tjc.com> wrote in message news:<t1kb0011sp7p3804ueoujjjeihsu1tkb2m@4ax.com>. ..[color=green]
> > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 03:32:31 +0530, km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote:[/color]
>[color=green]
> > My favorite to start is O'Reilley's "Learning Python."
> >
> > Try to borrow it, rather than buy it, though, or at least buy a used copy.[/color]
>
>
> The problem with that is that a used or borrowed copy is unlikely to
> be the (new) 2nd edition, (see
> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lpython2/) which covers up to Python
> 2.3. (The older version is badly outdated). Besides which, if you
> actually buy a copy they might consider a 3rd edition at some time in
> the future.[/color]

You can subscribe to safari.oreilly.com for 2 weeks, then cancel and
pay nothing.


John

re: best book

km wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.
>
> kindly enlighten,
>
> thanks,
> KM
>
>
>[/color]

The Quick Python Book . Daryl Harms. Fantastic.

re: best book

km <km@mrna.tn.nic.in> wrote in message news:<mailman.372.1074117050.12720.python-list@python.org>...[color=blue]
> Hi all,
>
> What is the best book to start with python ? i am have been working since 1 yr with Perl.
>
> kindly enlighten,
>
> thanks,
> KM[/color]

There is a wealth of good, free python resources on the web.
For a comprehensive list of tutorials, online books and python
resources - Try :

http://www.voidspace.org.uk/coollink...on_links.shtml

270 links in various sections....
Learning to program is a good online book, Dive into Python suits more
experienced programmers - whilst some of the tutorials will get you
the basics very quickly.
The Python documentation is good for built-in functions, types and the
standard libraries - which you will need to refer to a lot.

As a reference book I use the O'Reilly pocket reference book - very
useful and very handy (and not very expensive).

For learning to actually *use* Python (once I had grasped the basics)
I use (present tense) 'Programming Python' - from the same series as
'Learning Python' - (by Mark Lutz ?) I can't recommend it enough...
very good.

Fuzzyman

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