Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-16 Thread Andrew Z
Thats a good idea. Indeed- take an online course, it is cheap, gets your thru basics and you have an instructor to help if you r stuck. Id vote for online course vs buying a book . On Mon, Jul 15, 2019, 19:43 DL Neil wrote: > Wlfraed probably knows a thing-or-two about kicking-over ants' > nest

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Malcolm Greene
Python Cookbook; highly recommended. Malcolm -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread DL Neil
Wlfraed probably knows a thing-or-two about kicking-over ants' nests/wasps' nests... Talking about books is one thing. Judging them by asyncio coverage is quite another - and rather unfair. The use and methods of asyncio have changed frequently and markedly since '3.0'. Books take time to prod

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Andrew Z
Gys - hats off. Basically what Dennis is saying- you dont need a book "about python ". Tutorials and general search online will get you further and faster than any book. Blah-blah about myself: my bookshelf has 2 technical books, just because i got them to prepare for certifications. For my tradi

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Rich Shepard
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: If one lacks both A and B, one ends up with various editions of "Learning Python", "Programming Python", and "Fluent Python" (among many others). I have found those books quite helpful over the years. I recommend starting with the latest ed

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-15 Thread Gys
On 7/12/19 4:36 PM, mok...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone help me. New to Python. Installed version 3.7 I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an older version of Python. All the examples and samples don't work with version 3.7 Can anyone direct me to which is the l

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-13 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 7:34:10 PM UTC-4, Louis Krupp wrote: > On Fri, 12 Jul 2019 07:36:54 -0700 (PDT), mok...@gmail.com wrote: > > >Can anyone help me. > >New to Python. > >Installed version 3.7 > >I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an > >older version o

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Andrew Z
Then look at, for example, tutorialpoint.com for basic concepts - loops, data structures, objects . Pet- project- something you want to build. For example, my current petproject is a android based clock with a voice recognition. Use case - clock should understand 2-3 commands to set time 8nterv

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 2:45:48 PM UTC-4, Andrew Z wrote: > Richy, > What specific part you consider hard? > If i may suggest, get a (pet) project as you read it. > > On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 13:46 RIchy M wrote: > > > On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > > > On 2019-07

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Andrew Z
Richy, What specific part you consider hard? If i may suggest, get a (pet) project as you read it. On Fri, Jul 12, 2019, 13:46 RIchy M wrote: > On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > > On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: > > > On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote:

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread RIchy M
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 1:00:01 PM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: > > On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: > > > >> It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. > > > > That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: > > 2.x has 'print

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread MRAB
On 2019-07-12 16:40, Terry Reedy wrote: On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: 2.x has 'print x' statements. 3.x has 'print(x)' function calles. I had a brief look online a

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Terry Reedy
On 7/12/2019 11:27 AM, Richard Mok wrote: It does not mention on the book which version of Python it is using. That would likely mean 2.x. Easy way to tell: 2.x has 'print x' statements. 3.x has 'print(x)' function calles. -- Terry Jan Reedy -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/pyth

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread Richard Mok
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:04:57 AM UTC-4, sjm...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:37:08 AM UTC-3, mok...@gmail.com wrote: > > Can anyone help me. > > New to Python. > > Installed version 3.7 > > I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an > > ol

Re: Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread sjmsoft
On Friday, July 12, 2019 at 11:37:08 AM UTC-3, mok...@gmail.com wrote: > Can anyone help me. > New to Python. > Installed version 3.7 > I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an > older version of Python. > All the examples and samples don't work with version 3.7 >

Books for Python 3.7

2019-07-12 Thread mok888
Can anyone help me. New to Python. Installed version 3.7 I purchased the "Python for Dummies" book But this book was written for an older version of Python. All the examples and samples don't work with version 3.7 Can anyone direct me to which is the latest book to buy to properly learn Python. T