Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Sridhar Ratnakumar
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Ramdas S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But do not stop at the beginners level, and continue the > work on branch out and make it special Right. When MOST of the open source projects are dying/dead, it is indeed an achievement to _continue_ to maintain/improve a pro

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Ramdas S
Anand/Kushal, I hope you guys will feel encouraged to continue with your work. Both are very decent starts. But do not stop at the beginners level, and continue the work on branch out and make it special Ramdas On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:24 PM, Anand Chitipothu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:53 PM, vivek khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Anand Balachandran Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Going by that logic all Java books are futile since > > the Java API documentation > > is available. > > I think what sree is referring here is the

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread venkata subramanian
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 5:48 PM, gnuyoga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > venkata subramanian wrote: > > Moreover, a documentation does not equate to a book. > > > > They serve different purposes, have different presentations. > > > > I liked Kushal's presentation a lot ( his writing can be improve

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread vivek khurana
--- Anand Balachandran Pillai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Going by that logic all Java books are futile since > the Java API documentation > is available. I think what sree is referring here is the python tutorial available under docs.python.org . This tutorial is full of examples. As for exam

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Anand Chitipothu
> > this is interesting. what is that people are looking while learning a > language ?? > > I would love to have the following > - Quick Started Guide > - Hands On (lots of use cases and examples) > - Advanced Language use cases > - Tricks & Techniques - proven ways of solving commons probl

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread gnuyoga
venkata subramanian wrote: > Moreover, a documentation does not equate to a book. > > They serve different purposes, have different presentations. > > I liked Kushal's presentation a lot ( his writing can be improved). > > Python Books - the more the merrier. > > Regards,' > Venkat > this is in

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread gnuyoga
Anand Balachandran Pillai wrote: > Going by that logic all Java books are futile since the Java API documentation > is available. > > --Anand > > Am not against anyone writing documentaion/howto... its a g8 skill. really appreciate. I really dont know how much community can be proud about Java

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Diabolic Preacher
On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:48 PM, gnuyoga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Kushal > > don't u think this is a futile effort in comparison with docs.python.org > > curious to know why u wrote this because dumb people like me only understand simplified and example-filled books like the ones brought out

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread venkata subramanian
Moreover, a documentation does not equate to a book. They serve different purposes, have different presentations. I liked Kushal's presentation a lot ( his writing can be improved). Python Books - the more the merrier. Regards,' Venkat On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 4:27 PM, Ramdas S <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Ramdas S
I second Anand. I won't mind 100 Kushals writing 100 *free *books on Python. I might not read all of them, but then I can recommend all of them to people who says there is a lack of docs on Python. I feel we need even more documentation at entry level. Kushal, good job, Keep the book effort going

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Kushal Das
On Friday 04 April 2008 01:48:10 pm gnuyoga wrote: > don't u think this is a futile effort in comparison with > docs.python.org > curious to know why u wrote this Because I found most of the students are not into RTFM much. They like books with examples just like any other book in the school. K

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Anand Balachandran Pillai
Going by that logic all Java books are futile since the Java API documentation is available. --Anand On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:48 PM, gnuyoga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > don't u think this is a futile effort in comparison with docs.python.org > > curious to know why u wrote this > > - sree >

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread gnuyoga
Kushal Das wrote: Hi, I am writing a book on Python for newbies. You can see it here http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/book/ I am looking for feedback. Flowers and stones both are welcome Kushal don't u think this is a futile effort in comparison with docs.python.org curious to know

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Kushal Das
On Friday 04 April 2008 12:29:44 pm Sanjaya Kumar Patel wrote: > While I am going through the book at ease, must appreciate the simple look > and feel of the site. Curious to know what tools do you use to produce the > site. I used Publican , which is a toolchain based on docbook. It used to be R

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-04 Thread Sanjaya Kumar Patel
> I am writing a book on Python for newbies. You can see it here > > http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/book/ > While I am going through the book at ease, must appreciate the simple look and feel of the site. Curious to know what tools do you use to produce the site. Sanjay _

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-03 Thread Diabolic Preacher
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 6:53 PM, Kushal Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 03 April 2008 06:53:18 pm Shameer Khadar wrote: > > Hi Kushal, > > > > This is nice, > > But it is always painful to read a whole book through html links :) > > Can you please put a pdf copy of the current vers

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-03 Thread Kushal Das
On Thursday 03 April 2008 06:53:18 pm Shameer Khadar wrote: > Hi Kushal, > > This is nice, > But it is always painful to read a whole book through html links :) > Can you please put a pdf copy of the current version of your book. The toolchain I am using for writing this book is currently little bi

Re: [BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-03 Thread Shameer Khadar
Hi Kushal, This is nice, But it is always painful to read a whole book through html links :) Can you please put a pdf copy of the current version of your book. Cheers, Shameer On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 5:31 PM, Kushal Das <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am writing a book on Python for newbies

[BangPypers] My book on Python for newbies

2008-04-03 Thread Kushal Das
Hi, I am writing a book on Python for newbies. You can see it here http://kushal.fedorapeople.org/book/ I am looking for feedback. Flowers and stones both are welcome Kushal -- Fedora Ambassador, India http://kushaldas.in http://dgplug.org (Linux User Group of Durgapur) _