[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings, > > A friend of mine dropped off a copy of Sams Teach Yourself Python in > 24 Hours published in 2000. I skimmed the first couple of chapters > looking for the interpreter version and the book was based on version > Python version 1.5. > > Is this book still relevant? Should I toss it and look for something > newer? > > Any thoughts would be appreciated. > > Best Regards, > Dave >
If you want to make a decision based on a quorum, I would suggest to not bother with that book. Yes the SAMS TY books are usually great (especially anything Laura Lemay), but you if you use a 1.5 book, you will be learning some stuff you will *need* to unlearn at the expense of learning things you should know. I think the online tutorial is the way to go, or the newest Learning Python from Lutz. After that, check out TPIP (Mertz) or the Programming Python book from Lutz (for a global-esque view of the python world). Maybe even think about the Cookbook (ed. Martelli). Dive-Into-Python starts with one of those "Don't worry about what all this means" examples, which I tend to hate and so I never got passed the first example--it may get better as you go judging from all of its proponents. James -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
