On Dec 3, 9:44 am, "Ken D'Ambrosio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all. I'm getting ready to do some projects in Python, and I've cut my > teeth a little bit, but I've found the "Learning|Programming Python" books > from O'Reilly to be more-or-less useless (to my surprise -- I'm usually an > O'Reilly fan). I really, really like "Python Essential Reference", but > it's -- well, more of a reference than an intro. So, an introductory text > that actually assumes some previous programming experience (as opposed to > "Learning Python" which must be the most slowly-paced programming book > ever) would be terrific. > > Thanks for your suggestions! > > -Ken
I had the same experience as you had and almost gave up on Python. I had programmed in other languages before and found the Programming Python book very tedious to read. I just wanted to learn the syntax and library to start writing my own stuff. Luckily, I found Guido's 12 page tutorial (http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/tut/tut.html) and that plus the online library reference and Google was everything I ever needed since then. That said I looked at O'Reilly's "Python in a Nutshell" and I thought it was really good. It is a mix between introduction, language and library reference. I should have gotten that instead of Learning/Programming when I started and I probably would have been much happier. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
