Robinow <drobi...@gmail.com> writes: > <Mobile > > On May 28, 2010, at 10:05 PM, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote: > >> Sebastian Bassi <sba...@clubdelarazon.org> writes: >> >>> On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 12:37 AM, John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> >>> wrote: >> >> Even if it's just a few bucks, it's still money saved [0]. On top of >> that I think it's way better to point your audience to good books on >> the >> topic and skip the intro instead of doing a (half hearted IMO) attempt >> at it yourself. >>> >> > OK, John. What book do you recommend?
Since it's not clear on what topic in the book you want recommendations, I do them all. Note that I only can recommend books I have either in my possession or browsed through that are still on my wish list. I am not new to programming, so the books listed under Python are not books for beginners per se, except the Programming in Python 3, which is on top of that one of the best learning a programming language books I've read (so far). Python: Programming in Python 3 /2nd edition/ If you have some experience with programming: Dive into Python 2 (*) Dive into Python 3 (*) If you already have a book on learning Python and want a good extra reference: Python Essential Reference (4th edition) Subversion: Version Control with Subversion (O'Reilly) (*) Database: The Definitive Guide to SQLite MySQL (4th Edition) by Paul Dubois I also strongly suggest to read 1 or 2 books by Joe Celko before you even start to make your own databases (wish I would had), for example: Data and Databases: Concepts in Practice (**) SQL Programming Style SQL for smarties IMO Joe writes a bit "in your face" and calls a lot of people dumb, but don't let that get in the way ;-). I own also a copy of "MySQL cookbook" but haven't used it much. Still, I recommend to browse this book if you already have book(s) on MySQL and decide for yourself if it's something you want. In my experience most cookbook books by O'Reilly are good or very good. Can't recommend a good book on XML, I don't have one (***). I do have a book on XSLT (XSLT 2.0, O'Reilly) which is IMO very good, and does have, from the top of my head, a good XML introduction. Personally, I think it's good that if you work with XML that at least you have some idea of what XSLT is. Another XSLT book I have is XSLT 2.0 and XPath 2.0, but I haven't used that very often yet. (*) Also available as free download (**) Based on my experience with the other excellent books by Celko (***) A good book on XML would probably be 50 pages or less :-D. -- John Bokma j3b Hacking & Hiking in Mexico - http://johnbokma.com/ http://castleamber.com/ - Perl & Python Development -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
