On Fri, 03 May 2013 00:36:48 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > One of my younger brothers, still school age, is to be studying some > aspect of computing for the next term or two. I strongly recommended he > learn Python (it has a bit more future than studying the internals of > OS/2), and my/his father then asked me what book I'd recommend him to > study through. I know this has come up a few times, but searching back > in my emails didn't give a clear answer. > > Whether it's an ebook or in paper doesn't matter, but there need to be > exercises that the student can perform on his own, and then an external > tutor (aka my dad) then check up on. Python 3 is a must; preferably > something designed for 3.3+ as that's what he'll be using. Beyond that, > I was just asked to recommend "the best", which is unfortunately > vague... but I gather they'll be deferring to the expertise of the list > in figuring out what that means :) > > So, within those not-very-many restrictions, what would you all > recommend? Let's get a nice discussion going and see where it leads us > (most likely to a resident troll ranting about a favorite topic, but > hey, maybe Dihedral will come out with some nugget of wisdom for us)! > > Chris Angelico
A guy of your abilities & knowledge, why not write your own. you could use the experience of teaching your brother to hone it to perfection. Ok this was slightly tounge in cheek ( but not intended to be in any way offensive). I will now offer to put my money where my mouth is an make a contribution if you were to put it up on kickstarter. -- "Cogito ergo I'm right and you're wrong." -- Blair Houghton -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
