On Apr 23, 6:36 pm, 7stud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Apr 23, 5:04 pm, Kevin Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello > > > I was a python newbie just a month ago and found the following books a great > > help. > > > Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional (Beginning: From Novice to > > Professional) by Magnus L. Hetland (Paperback - 29 Sep > > 2005)http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Python-Novice-Professional/dp/15905... > > > WxPython in Action by Noel Rappin and Robin Dunn (Paperback - 30 Mar > > 2006)http://www.amazon.co.uk/WxPython-Action-Noel-Rappin/dp/1932394621/ref... > > > Kevin > > > On Monday 23 April 2007, 7stud wrote: > > > > Uhhmm...how are you supposed to close a ShapedWindow(under > > > Miscellaneous)? > > I am reading both now, and I would not recommend either one. If you > just skim over the examples and don't play with them, you might > mistakenly believe you know what's going on, but if you actually try > the examples and alter them here and there to figure out how things > really work, you will discover all the mistakes and gaps in both > books.
Beginning Python is a good reference, but there's not much for examples, other than the fairly advanced stuff in the back of the book. "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner" by Dawson was much more fun since you get to create games in python. I'm not sure why you don't like the wxPython one. It was a nice reference. But maybe I liked it as I started out learning C++ and wxPython has similar idioms. If you want to learn the nuts and bolts of the Python language, you'll need to read "Programming Python" by Lutz or the really in-depth book "Core Python Programming" by Chun, which (unfortunately) has lots of info, but not much code. The current wxPython demo is here: http://wxpython.org/download.php (about a third of the way down) Mike -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
