Micah Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 26, John Salerno wrote: > > Hi all. I'm fairly new to programming and I thought I'd like to try > > Python. I'm trying to decide between these two books: > > > > Learning Python (O'Reilly) > > Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional (APress) > > Consider first reading the tutorial. If you prefer to read from paper > there is a PDF version > <http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.2/download.html>.
...but both of the quoted books have added value. Well, I don't actually KNOW that about the APress one, since my good friend Magnus Hetland didn't think of sending me a review copy (hint, hint, Magnus, if you want any more recommendations;-), but its predecessor "Pratical Python" was good indeed. > There is also the "Python in a Nutshell" book which only covers Python > 2.2 but has a very concise language intro, and will become an > invaluable reference. I wish I had started with this book; then I > wouldn't have needed to buy some of the others. Why, thanks! I'm working on a new edition to cover 2.3 and 2.4 (and perhaps 2.5 by the time I'll be done, as progress is being quite slow -- as uber technical lead at Google, I'm pretty busy these days!-), but I do agree that the current edition is still quite useful. Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
