Modern dead-tree Python resources

[Michael Ekstrand]

I'm sitting here looking at my copy of David Beazley's Python Essential
Reference, which I find wonderful, but am lamenting that it only covers
through Python 1.5.2. And I see that the 2nd edition covers through
Python 2.1.

Is there a good book that covers Python at least through 2.2 (including
new-style classes, etc.)? I'm particularly looking for something with
large appendices of reference material. (alternatively, if someone's
publishing print versions of the Python documentation, that would
possibly be of interest. I know I saw some for Python 1.5 or 1.6 in a
used bookstore, but don't recall who published them.)

TIA,
Michael

[beliavsky]

Michael Ekstrand <py****@elehack.net> wrote:

Is there a good book that covers Python at least through 2.2 (including new-style classes, etc.)? I'm particularly looking for something with
large appendices of reference material. (alternatively, if someone's
publishing print versions of the Python documentation, that would
possibly be of interest.

A good reference for Python 2.2 is "Python in a Nutshell", by Alex Martell.
Also good, and more pedagogical, is "Learning Python", 2nd. edition, by Lutz
and Ascher. O'Reilly published both books.

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[Hamilcar Barca]

In article <41********@127.0.0.1> (Tue, 03 Aug 2004 17:51:03 -0500),
be*******@aol.com wrote:

Michael Ekstrand <py****@elehack.net> wrote:

Is there a good book that covers Python at least through 2.2 (including
new-style classes, etc.)? I'm particularly looking for something with
large appendices of reference material. (alternatively, if someone's
publishing print versions of the Python documentation, that would
possibly be of interest.
A good reference for Python 2.2

And references to Python 2.3.
is "Python in a Nutshell", by Alex Martell.

Alex Martelli.

It's one of the best language references I've read.

[Brian Gough]

Michael Ekstrand <py****@elehack.net> writes:

Is there a good book that covers Python at least through 2.2
..... if someone's publishing print versions of the Python
documentation, that would possibly be of interest....

Hello,
I publish printed editions of the Python Documentation (and other free
software manuals too). The versions are all fairly recent (2.2 & 2.3).
See the following urls for details.

http://www.network-theory.co.uk/python/manual/ (Tutorial v2.2.2)
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/python/language/ (Language Reference v2.3)

The discounted price on Amazon is about $14 for each book.
Incidentally, $1 of the price is donated to the Python Software
Foundation for each copy sold.

--
Brian Gough

Network Theory Ltd,
Publishing the Python Manuals --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/

[Doug Rosser]

"be*******@aol.com" <be*******@127.0.0.1:7501> wrote in message news:<41********@127.0.0.1>...

Michael Ekstrand <py****@elehack.net> wrote:

Is there a good book that covers Python at least through 2.2 (including

new-style classes, etc.)? I'm particularly looking for something with
large appendices of reference material. (alternatively, if someone's
publishing print versions of the Python documentation, that would
possibly be of interest.

A good reference for Python 2.2 is "Python in a Nutshell", by Alex Martell.
Also good, and more pedagogical, is "Learning Python", 2nd. edition, by Lutz
and Ascher. O'Reilly published both books.

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Sadly, the second edition of Learning Python is so thorough, it isn't
superb for -learning- python anymore. It is one helluva nice
reference, though.

da rosser

[Nelson Minar]

Like others, I like Python in a Nutshell.

Dive into Python is a new book out by an excellent author
http://diveintomark.org/archives/200...ve-into-python

You can read it online too:
http://diveintopython.org/