John Coleman wrote: > John Salerno wrote: > > John Coleman wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > My copy of the second edition of Chun's "Core Python Programming" > > > just arrived from Amazon on Friday. > > > > Who would you say the book is aimed at? Advanced programmers? I thought > > about getting it, but I'm not sure if it will be either 1) too much > > repetition of the basics I've already learned (which isn't necessarily a > > bad thing), or 2) too advanced for me right now. > > > > Thanks. > > It strikes me as being aimed at intermediate programmers who don't have > much familiarity with Python. I bought it since my only other book on > Python ("Learning Python" by Lutz) is somewhat dated now and because I > find that I'm a slow learner and it usually takes me a couple of books > by independent authors to "get" a language. The publisher's page is > more informative than what you see on Amazon. You can see the table of > contents and read a sample chapter there to help you decide if the book > is for you: > http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/1,4096,0130260363,00.html > > HTH > > -John Coleman
I just realized that I gave the link to the first edition site. The second edition site doesn't give a sample chapter (but does give the complete preface) and still provides a good feel for the book: http://vig.prenhall.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0132269937,00.html Sorry for any confusion -John Coleman -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list