On 16 Feb 2025, at 20:59, dn via Python-list wrote: > When stop to think about it, this is quite a request: > don't give me what I do know, > do give me what I don't know!
đŸ˜œ > That said, you are correct: the bulk of new publications seem to (still) aim > at the Beginner end of the continuum (see later comments). Yep, I threw away several beginners books in Python last week (they were a bit dated). My work used to be (and still is, to a small degree) to teach programming to novice students. So, I feel I can skip the basics and go on to the intermediate/advanced stuff. > Over the period mentioned, Python has changed a great deal - Python 3 > (largely) replacing Python 2 was only the most-notable! Yep, that shift was interesting when teaching novices Python!! > Books published in 2024 (which I may not have read from cover to cover - yet): > > Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to > Write Better Python, 3rd Edition > Brett Slatkin > Addison Wesley > > Hypermodern Python Tooling > Building Reliable Workflows for an Evolving Python Ecosystem > Claudio Jolowicz > O'Reilly > > Powerful Python > Aaron Maxwell > O'Reilly > - starts with generators (which you likely haven't met before) I have done so ... to be really honest, it was when I couldn't remember how to create an iterator for a class I was writing, that I realized that I needed a refresher. > it's a tremendous challenge to write a book (also involving considerable time > and effort) which will return value for more than a few years - particularly > at the advanced levels! True, I'm quite amazed that people write books since it takes such an effort with little, my guess, reward for doing it > An alternative-approach which may take your fancy, is online courses (many of > which can be taken for $free). Their self-paced nature has the advantage of > enabling the skipping-over of repetitive content (and the repeating of points > which don't immediately 'sink in'). You will find many examples on Coursera* > and edX*. My plan is to find one or two books that seem suitable, when I've looked at those then I'm going online for the rest. Thanks for the suggestions: I think I now have 2-3 books that I should look into in more detail. = jem -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
