Re: Learning new APIs/classes (beginner question)

2012-04-07 Thread Martin Jones
On Apr 7, 1:52 am, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > Sounds like this library is documented the same way most third party > libraries are: as an afterthought, by somebody who is so familiar with > the software that he cannot imagine why anyone might actually need > documentation. > > I feel your pain. >

Learning new APIs/classes (beginner question)

2012-04-06 Thread Martin Jones
In a nutshell: My question is: how do experienced coders learn about external/third-party classes/APIs? I'm teaching myself Python through a combination of Hetland's 'Beginning Python', various online tutorials and some past experience coding ASP/VBScript. To start to learn Python I've set myself