Re: "Beginning Python Visualization" by Shai Vaingast

2009-05-10 Thread Shawn Milochik
Thanks for the review and the podcast. I ordered the book on Friday. I look forward to playing with it. Also (assuming you're Ron Stephens), thanks for the Python 411 podcast. It's a great resource, and I recommend it to all list members. Shawn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-lis

"Beginning Python Visualization" by Shai Vaingast

2009-05-09 Thread UrsusMaximus
I just read this book and liked it. Here is a review: Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. "Beginning Python Visualization: Creating Visual Transformation Scripts", published in February 2009 by Apress, shows how Python and its related tools can be used to easily and effect

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2008-04-09 Thread Danyelle Gragsone
HEH -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2008-04-09 Thread Greg Lindstrom
> From: hassan nikbakhsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From > Novice to Professional > can i have a free bownload of this book > many thanks > Yes, it's a very good book. Magnus Lie Hetland spent a lot of t

Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2008-04-09 Thread hassan nikbakhsh
can i have a free bownload of this book many thanks - You rock. That's why Blockbuster's offering you one month of Blockbuster Total Access, No Cost.-- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Beginning Python

2007-06-07 Thread janislaw
On Jun 5, 4:29 pm, abhiee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello , I have just begun learning python...and I'm loving it...Just > wanted to ask you that how much time would it take me to learn python > completely and which languages should i learn alongwith python to be a > good professional programmer

Re: Beginning Python

2007-06-06 Thread kaens
On 6/5/07, abhiee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello , I have just begun learning python...and I'm loving it...Just > wanted to ask you that how much time would it take me to learn python > completely and which languages should i learn alongwith python to be a > good professional programmer?...Now

RE: Beginning Python

2007-06-06 Thread Sells, Fred
I find 3 elements contribute significantly to becoming competent in python 1. a decent IDE so you can see the big picture (multiple files and directories). I use Eclipse + PyDev because Eclipse supports other goodies like CVS. I'm sure other IDE's are as good if not better, but who has time to c

Re: Beginning Python

2007-06-05 Thread Michael Bentley
On Jun 5, 2007, at 9:29 AM, abhiee wrote: > Hello , I have just begun learning python...and I'm loving it...Just > wanted to ask you that how much time would it take me to learn python > completely and which languages should i learn alongwith python to be a > good professional programmer?...Now i

Re: Beginning Python

2007-06-05 Thread kyosohma
On Jun 5, 9:29 am, abhiee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello , I have just begun learning python...and I'm loving it...Just > wanted to ask you that how much time would it take me to learn python > completely and which languages should i learn alongwith python to be a > good professional programmer

Beginning Python

2007-06-05 Thread abhiee
Hello , I have just begun learning python...and I'm loving it...Just wanted to ask you that how much time would it take me to learn python completely and which languages should i learn alongwith python to be a good professional programmer?...Now i only know C thanx in advance! -- http://mail.

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-30 Thread bruno at modulix
Moneyhere wrote: > Good :) > Can someone provide this ebook? . > I'm looking forwards it. > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0130410659/002-1715230-0496030?v=glance&n=283155 -- bruno desthuilliers python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-30 Thread Moneyhere
Good :) Can someone provide this ebook? . I'm looking forwards it. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-30 Thread per9000
Hi, I hope you all know about wikibooks, it's like wikipedia but for books. It is also "some kind of openware" (my favourite expression). I specifically think about http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Programming:Python I have thought about adding to it but I am low on time - this randomchoice(["is","c

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread John Bokma
"Luis M. González" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't know it wasn't a free ebook. I realized it once I downloaded > it. > But it's such a good book that I decided to buy a hard copy. > This way I will support its author, while getting a very good book on > Python. :-D Sounds much better. --

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread Luis M. González
I didn't know it wasn't a free ebook. I realized it once I downloaded it. But it's such a good book that I decided to buy a hard copy. This way I will support its author, while getting a very good book on Python. Luis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread nataraj
i won't have a free and guileless mind to code if i do this. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread John Bokma
"Kriv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi friends, > > I found this eBook on the web. This book is very very good. > I refer to them. I doubt Apress will be happy with this. Don't post garbage like this, since instead of helping, you're doing the opposite. People interested in copyright infringem

Re: Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread glutepuppet
On 29 May 2006 10:52:13 -0700, "Kriv" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hi friends, > >I found this eBook on the web. This book is very very good. >I refer to them. > >http://rapidshare.de/files/21704644/Apress.Beginning.Python.From.Novice.to.Professional.Sep.2005.rar.html > > >Thx >John WOW! What a g

Very good Python Book. Free download : Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

2006-05-29 Thread Kriv
Hi friends, I found this eBook on the web. This book is very very good. I refer to them. http://rapidshare.de/files/21704644/Apress.Beginning.Python.From.Novice.to.Professional.Sep.2005.rar.html Thx John -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-28 Thread Anders Eriksson
On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:25:43 +0100, Franz Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > which of the following books would you recommend: > "Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional"? > Since "Dive into Python" is on the net, you can see for y

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread Godwin Burby
I would recommend both, but as i have already bought the first version of Beginning Python known as Practical Python by Magnus. I can gaurantee you that the practical projects as well as the succinct python tutorial in the book will show you the full power and glory of Python. Magnus is a great

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread Franck PEREZ
On 11/25/05, Sebastien Douche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/25/05, Franz Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Hi Franz! :) > > > which of the following books would you recommend: > > "Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: F

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread Sebastien Douche
On 11/25/05, Franz Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, Hi Franz! :) > which of the following books would you recommend: > "Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional"? Both are very good books but I suggest the latter because

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Franz Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >which of the following books would you recommend: >"Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional"? > >I'm an experienced C++-programmer who wants

Re: books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread bruno at modulix
Franz Mueller wrote: > Hi, > > which of the following books would you recommend: > "Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional"? I can't recommand the second since I've never read it. But you can freely make your own opinion

books: Dive into Python vs Beginning Python

2005-11-25 Thread Franz Mueller
Hi, which of the following books would you recommend: "Dive into Python" or "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional"? I'm an experienced C++-programmer who wants to take a look at Python. Thanks, Franz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-11 Thread Scott David Daniels
Magnus Lycka wrote: > Vittorio wrote: > Using the same symbol for both string substitutions and SQL placeholder > such as pysqlite 1 and the MySQL interface does, is not really a bright > idea in my opinion. Who thinks this is pretty? > > sql = "SELECT %s FROM %s WHERE %s = %%s" > cur.execute(sql

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-09 Thread carlo
Gerhard Häring ha scritto: > The reason why pysqlite 0.x/1.x used paramstyle "pyformat", based on > Python string substitution for SQL parameters is that at the time > pysqlite was started, SQLite 2.x did not have any support for parameter > binding. So we had to "fake" it in Python, just like th

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-09 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:57:46 +, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Gerhard Häring wrote: >> Vittorio wrote: >> > [snip] >> >> I think about the only place I wrote a bit about the differences was in >> the pysqlite 2.0 final announcement: >> >> http://lists.initd.org/pipermail/pysqlite/200

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-09 Thread Steve Holden
Gerhard Häring wrote: > Vittorio wrote: > >>[...] >>Nonetheless, I was unable to find any documentation about such a >>different behaviour between Pysqlite and Pysqlite2; from my beginner >>point of view the Pysqlite (Magnus' version) paramstyle looks a better >>and more pythonic choice and I d

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-09 Thread Gerhard Häring
Vittorio wrote: > [...] > Nonetheless, I was unable to find any documentation about such a > different behaviour between Pysqlite and Pysqlite2; from my beginner > point of view the Pysqlite (Magnus' version) paramstyle looks a better > and more pythonic choice and I don't grasp the Pysqlite2 de

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-09 Thread Vittorio
Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thank you for your message I found really illuminating. > Using the same symbol for both string substitutions and SQL placeholder > such as pysqlite 1 and the MySQL interface does, is not really a bright > idea in my opinion. Who

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-08 Thread Magnus Lycka
Vittorio wrote: > Nonetheless, I was unable to find any documentation about such a > different behaviour between Pysqlite and Pysqlite2; from my beginner > point of view the Pysqlite (Magnus' version) paramstyle looks a better > and more pythonic choice and I don't grasp the Pysqlite2 developers

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-08 Thread Vittorio
Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > No, you actually did quite a creditable piece of debugging. The DB-API > specifications allow database modules to substitute parameters into > SQL commands in a number of different ways, and they are supposed to > indicate the t

Re: Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-07 Thread Steve Holden
Vittorio wrote: > I am reading "Beginning Python from Novice to Professional" and the book > is really awesome. Nonetheless on ch 13 "Database Support" I found this > code to import data (in a txt file) into a SQLite Database: > > #this was corrected becaus

Lie Hetland book: Beginning Python..

2005-11-07 Thread Vittorio
I am reading "Beginning Python from Novice to Professional" and the book is really awesome. Nonetheless on ch 13 "Database Support" I found this code to import data (in a txt file) into a SQLite Database: #this was corrected because original "import sqlite" does

Re: ANN: Beginning Python (Practical Python 2.0)

2005-10-21 Thread Jaime Wyant
Also, if any of you guys aren't listening to Ron's Python411 podcast, you're missing out on a quality podcast about Python. While not necessarily `hardcore python' material, Ron does touch on various things happening in the community along with discussion about nifty python packages / modules that

Re: ANN: Beginning Python (Practical Python 2.0)

2005-10-21 Thread Kent Johnson
Magnus Lie Hetland wrote: > I guess it has actually been out for a while -- I just haven't > received my copies yet... Anyways: My book, "Beginning Python: From > Novice to Professional" (Apress, 2005) is now out. Apress is offering a $10 rebate if you purchase the boo

Re: ANN: Beginning Python (Practical Python 2.0)

2005-10-21 Thread Magnus Lie Hetland
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: [snip] > > Must be printed on thinner paper... Both run around 600 pages, but > the older book is a third thicker... Heh. Yeah. The new book has more material, too (new chapters, among other things), so I guess the new layout also has an ef

Re: ANN: Beginning Python (Practical Python 2.0)

2005-10-20 Thread UrsusMaximus
I found this book at my local Border's this week. It appears to be a most excellent book. I own and have read Magnus' earlier book "Pactical Python" (which was excellent) but this one is even better. The first half of the book covers the language, and then the second half goes into depth developing

ANN: Beginning Python (Practical Python 2.0)

2005-10-19 Thread Magnus Lie Hetland
I guess it has actually been out for a while -- I just haven't received my copies yet... Anyways: My book, "Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional" (Apress, 2005) is now out. It is an expanded and revised version of "Practical Python" (Apress, 2002). More informatio