I wonder why nobody mension Python Cookbook yet. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook2/ Web version: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/
and Python Standard Library http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonsl/ http://effbot.org/zone/librarybook-index.htm On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 4:09 PM, Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 2, 12:56 am, Ira Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am an experienced programmer (40 years). I've done Algol (if you've > > heard of that you must be old too), PL/1, VB,VBA, a little C, and a > > few other odd languages (e.g. Taskmate). > > I'm interested in learning Python and have downloaded a slew of books. > > Too many. > > I'd like a recommendation as to which books are considered to be the > > cream of the crop. > > I know there are tutorials on the web, but, again, I don't know the > > quality. I would appreciate recommendations on those as well. > > > > Thanks > > > > Ira > > Hi Ira, > Get Python installed on your machine - I would suggest the latest 2.5 > release then either start up idle (or pythonwin if you have that on > windows), or just type python at a command line prompt to get you to > pythons shell. > > The Python shell together with the official tutorial is a great way to > learn Python. > > If you start to flag, then their are a few videos of pre-teen kids > learning Python here: > http://showmedo.com/videos/python?topic=beginner_programming > If they can learn it .... ;-) > > Welcome to Python, have fun! > > - Paddy. > > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
