new to programming: suggestion

[pius]

i'm new in programming; i'd like to find a good programming book, full
of examples guiding me step to step in the marvellous world of
programming.
Is there anybody who can suggest me where to find what i'm searching?
Thanks a lot.
pus

[DomF]

In addition to the great programming books suggested by by others, I would
recommend "Code" by Charles Petzold, Microsoft press. This is a great book
about how computers work at a fundamental level, from switches with
lightbulbs and batteries to assembly language!

"pius" <al****************@msn.com> wrote in message
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i'm new in programming; i'd like to find a good programming book, full
of examples guiding me step to step in the marvellous world of
programming.
Is there anybody who can suggest me where to find what i'm searching?
Thanks a lot.
pus

[selwyn]

lutz and ascher's learning python is excellent.

pius wrote:

i'm new in programming; i'd like to find a good programming book, full
of examples guiding me step to step in the marvellous world of
programming.
Is there anybody who can suggest me where to find what i'm searching?
Thanks a lot.
pus

[Garry Knight]

In message <3d**************************@posting.google.com >, pius wrote:

i'm new in programming; i'd like to find a good programming book

There are some good online books at Andamooka and FreeTechBooks:
http://www.andamooka.org/
http://www.tcfb.com/freetechbooks/

Also, these are good books on programming with Python:
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/
http://diveintopython.org/
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/
http://www.tcfb.com/freetechbooks/bookphyton.html

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[Swaroop C H]

Hi Alessandro,

al****************@msn.com (pius) wrote in message news:<3d**************************@posting.google. com>...

i'm new in programming; i'd like to find a good programming book, full
of examples guiding me step to step in the marvellous world of
programming.

I have written a free beginner's book to programming using Python
located at

http://www.python.g2swaroop.net/

Hope you find this useful.

- Swaroop

[Stephen Ferg]

Not full of examples, but free...
http://www.ferg.org/python_intro/

[Al Christians]

There's a great old book from about 25 years ago: "Graded Problems in
Computer Science". It's a language-neutral set of problem sets that
starts with very simple basics and takes you through a big part of what
was the undergraduate CS curriculum back then. Nothing much about
GUI's or OO's or relational databases, but you'll be able to code real
good when you've worked your way through it. And of course, you can
use GUI's and OOP as you work the problems. You'll need a basic
reference for your language of choice to help you get through it.
Al