On Jan 13, 11:19 am, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: > Greetings! > > I am hoping to acquire a book on Python and Tkinter, and found this one. > However, it was published in 2000 for Python 1.52... > > Can somebody who has this book comment its continued relevance? Is it > still useful for Python 2.5 and Tk 8.4? Is it *very* useful? > > Comments appreciated! > > ~Ethan~
I have a copy - which I haven't read now for some years :-) But it was an excellent introduction to using Python and Tkinter and depending on your level of experience, I would highly recommend it even now to anybody who is just beginning to use Python and Tkinter. In fact, I still loan it to any friends who are just starting out with Python and want to do their first GUI. Besides, the book is mainly about using Python with Tkinter - and Tkinter hasn't changed that much since 2000, so I believe it is just as relevant today as it was back then. The fact it was written back when Python was 1.52 is probably not relevant either as it isn't a book about learning Python (all such books quickly become 'dated' given the speed at which Python develops) but rather producing GUIs using Python and Tkinter - so it still does an excellent job for that even though I have abandoned the GUI application framework that John provides in his book (I used it once for my first GUI, but these days use Pmw more for my GUIs). Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
