Hello there,
I've been programming in Java for about 8 years now, but lately I've been hearing a lot about Python and I'm really interested in learning more about it. I've read the tutorial, and some books (core python programming is one), but there's one thing that's still missing: how to use Python the "Python" way.
I found learning C# was a breeze for me because the language shares a lot of concepts and notions with Java--I can always say: "I do X this way in Java, I should be able to do X this way too in C#", and usually I'm not far off the mark.
But Python is different enough that, even though some basic concepts do translate easily, idioms and effective usage of it don't come easy. I can't help thinking that when I'm writing Python, I'm actually writing Java in Python. Not Python in Python.
Can you point me to "Python for Java Programmers" resources? I found one blog, but that only touched the tip of the iceberg, I feel. I know that as I use Python more and read more books and read how experienced Python programmers code, eventually I'll find it out. But I'd like to expedite that process if possible. What are your suggestions?
These two books should help you to get a grasp of Pythonic idioms:
http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIPython http://diveintopython.org/
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