metaperl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > high-quality scripts. I know about object-oriented programming and > application configuration and have spent 6 years doing professional > Perl but have decided that Python is the new choice of serious agile > developers.
I was where you are a couple of years ago! > Books > ===== > I think these 4 will carry me a long way, but any other suggestions ar > welcome: > * `Dive into Python <http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html>`_ This is an excellent book to bootstrap your way into Python. It is very good for experienced programmers. > * `Text Processing in Python <http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/>`_ I liked this book. However by the time I read it I'd already read quite a few Python books so I perhaps didn't get as much out of it as I should. > * Python Cookbook Cookbooks don't really lend themselves to general reading, but saying that I did read this one from cover to cover (the previous edition). There is lots of interesting stuff in there and you'll learn plenty of tricks, though Python doesn't have nearly as many tricks as Perl to learn. If you are looking for something in particular there are many more recipes in the online cookbook. > * Programming Python The second edition is a thorough introduction to python 2.1. (Amazon says there is a 3rd edition due out very soon though covering python 2.5.) The 2nd edition is missing newer features of the language, but otherwise it is a solid book with lots of good stuff in. The section on programming with TK is very good too - I keep coming back to that section. ... I'd recommend the first and the last from your list to start with, "Dive into Python" and "Programming Python". -- Nick Craig-Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- http://www.craig-wood.com/nick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
