Book Recommendations

[Nathan Weston]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.

I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
languages.

Any suggestions?

[Manuzhai]

Re: Book Recommendations

Nathan Weston wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
> quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
> so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
> introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
> Python idioms and important libraries.
>
> I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
> co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
> mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
> languages.[/color]

Check this thread currently going on:

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&threadm=coqd91%246m2%241%40news.doit.wisc.edu&prev=/groups%3Fhl%3Den%26lr%3D%26c2coff%3D1%26safe%3Doff%26group%3Dcomp.lang.python

Regards,

Manuzhai

[beliavsky@aol.com]

Re: Book Recommendations


elbows@spamcop. net (Nathan Weston) wrote:[color=blue]
>I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
>quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
>so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
>introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
>Python idioms and important libraries.
>
>I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
>co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
>mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
>languages.[/color]

I'd recommend Alex Martelli's "Python in a Nutshell" for you and "Learning
Python" by Lutz and Ascher for your colleagues. They are both published by
O'Reilly.



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[Sean Dolan]

Re: Book Recommendations

Nathan Weston wrote:[color=blue]
> I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
> quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
> so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
> introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
> Python idioms and important libraries.[/color]

http://www.diveintopython.org/

[color=blue]
>
> I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
> co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
> mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
> languages.
>
> Any suggestions?[/color]

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Book Recommendations

Nathan Weston wrote:
[color=blue]
> I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
> quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
> so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
> introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
> Python idioms and important libraries.[/color]

http://effbot.org/zone/librarybook-index.htm

contains examples for all modules that were in 2.0, in idiomatic python
(see the "new modules in ..." for info on modules added in later versions).

</F>

[elbows@spamcop.net]

Re: Book Recommendations


Manuzhai wrote:[color=blue]
> Check this thread currently going on:
>[/color]
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...mp.lang.python[color=blue]
>[/color]

The link doesn't work -- maybe because of the new google groups
interface?
Can you repost with a working link?

Thanks,
Nathan

[JanC]

Re: Book Recommendations

Nathan schreef:
[color=blue]
> The link doesn't work -- maybe because of the new google groups
> interface?
> Can you repost with a working link?[/color]

I think it's this:
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.pytho n/browse_thread/thread/7bc765e46f2d218 0>

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