On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:46 PM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote:
> On 06/02/2011 11:09 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote: > >> >> Pretty shameful that after almost 6 years of (fairly advanced) Python >> coding, I still finding myself not knowing some of the basic 101 stuff.. >> Slightly off topic but, does anyone else have that issue when coding? (i.e. >> doing really complex code, but forgetting/not knowing some of the real basic >> stuff). >> >> > Yeah, I run into that from time to time. What I do to remedy it is read > books. Especially ones like the Python Essential Reference by David Beazley. > Just scan through it in the bath or at breakfast or whatever, and you'll > find a handy module you never knew existed, or a wonderful new feature in > something you use all the time. > > I'm anxiously anticipating Doug Hellmann's new book on the standard > library, which should ship sometime this month. > http://amzn.com/0321767349 > From what I've read in his PyMoTW posts and seen in his PyCon presentation, > this book will make my Python skills even better. > Sounds like a good idea, this is going in my todo list :) > > I suspect that most working developers are self-taught, in that they didn't > learn the technology they work with from the ground up in a classroom -- > they picked it up as they went along. That's what I blame for the gaps in > our knowledge. I don't think these books are the best place to start with > Python, but they're a great way to sharpen the axe. > Yeah I'm completely self taught too, although it does mean my knowledge is somewhat sparse. I think your above suggestion is a good way to tackle that problem though. I guess it's like any job, every so often, you need to have "refreshers" to make sure you are keeping up to scratch. > > Shawn > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
