New Python book, "Learn Python Quickly"

Hi All, You may be interested in my latest book "Learn Python Quickly". It's a Kindle book but is specifically designed to be used with any of the free-to-download Kindle Reading Apps. What's special about the book is its comprehensive glossary and the numerous in-text internal hyperlinks to to

Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 04:21 -0700, Paul Boddie wrote: > [...] I pity the people writing Python books given > continuous changes to the language and the associated recommended > development practices as new features go in, but tracking a target > prior to any kind of stable release seems a bit too a

Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

On 15 Aug, 19:52, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hopefully it isn't quite as annoying as some of what I've found in > the Turbogears book that recently arrived from Amazon. (Rapid Web > Applications with TurboGears) Is this the book that came out before TurboGears even re

Re: Hijack! Different book: (was: Opinions about this new Python book?

On Aug 15, 12:52 pm, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:32:30 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the > following in comp.lang.python: > > > More on the subject...the writer is very conversational in tone and it > > makes for a light read in the first 1 1/2 chapter

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

Neil Cerutti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-08-15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > For some reason, the author makes the claim that the term > > "Predicate" is "bandied about quite a bit in the literature" of > > Python. I have 17 or so Python books and I don't think I've >

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

On 2007-08-15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For some reason, the author makes the claim that the term > "Predicate" is "bandied about quite a bit in the literature" of > Python. I have 17 or so Python books and I don't think I've > ever seen this used in conjunction with Python...

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

: > > > > At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. > > > > > > > Title: Py

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

xplained the language well for > > someone coming from another programming language! > > > On 8/14/07, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

t; wrote: > > At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. > > > > > > > > Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. > > > > > > Title: Python Po

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

At 05:57 AM 8/14/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. > > > > Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide > > Author: Matt Telles > > Publi

Re: Opinions about this new Python book?

On Aug 14, 7:05 am, Dick Moores <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. > > Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide > Author: Matt Telles > Publisher: Course Technology > Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007 > Edition: 1st editi

Opinions about this new Python book?

I'd appreciate opinions about this new Python book. Title: Python Power!: The Comprehensive Guide Author: Matt Telles Publisher: Course Technology Pub. Date: Jul 27, 2007 Edition: 1st edition Binding: Paperback Pages: 508 ISBN: 1598631586 List Price: 34.99 USD The book on the publis

Re: New Python book

hrh1818 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This book is not a new book. It is an updated version of Magnus's 2002 > Practical Python book. Then it's probably a good book, because Practical Python sure was! Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: New Python book

This book is not a new book. It is an updated version of Magnus's 2002 Practical Python book. Dick Moores wrote: > (Sorry, my previous post should not have had "Tutor" in the subject header.) > > Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to > Professional_ was published by Ap

Re: New Python book

The title is very misleading. The book is a nice introduction to Python, covers the high lights of Python without getting bogged down in detail and the author has a lively writing style. But the book has very litle to entice professional programmers. Dick Moores wrote: > (Sorry, my previous post

Re: New Python book

Maurice LING wrote: >I had the opportunity to glance through the book in Borders yesterday. >On the whole, I think it is well covered and is very readable. Perhaps I >was looking for a specific aspect, and I find that threads did not get >enough attention. Looking at the index pages, the topics

Re: New Python book

I had the opportunity to glance through the book in Borders yesterday. On the whole, I think it is well covered and is very readable. Perhaps I was looking for a specific aspect, and I find that threads did not get enough attention. Looking at the index pages, the topics on threads (about 4-5 p

Re: New Python book

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You could ask over on comp.lang.python.education comp.lang.python.education is a rogue newsgroup; it won't appear on many newsservers. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/

Re: New Python book

Jeremy Jones wrote (about Magnus Lie Hetland's _Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional_): > ... this would probably also be an excellent educational resource > for teachers in a classroom setting teaching students Python. I would > be interested to hear some teachers' opinion on tha

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think? > > <http://www.bestbookdeal.com/book/compare/159059519X> > > Dick Moores > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Along the same line what do the experts think of the new Python book published by Wrox, titled "Beginnig Python" with Peter Norton as the lead author? I was disappointed in the int

Re: New Python book

Dick Moores wrote: >(Sorry, my previous post should not have had "Tutor" in the subject header.) > >Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to >Professional_ was published by Apress on Sept. 26 (in the U.S.). My copy >arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. Very much worth

New Python book

(Sorry, my previous post should not have had "Tutor" in the subject header.) Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional_ was published by Apress on Sept. 26 (in the U.S.). My copy arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. Very much worth a look, IMHO. But what do

[Tutor] New Python book

Magnus Lie Hetland's new book, _Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional_ was published by Apress on Sept. 26 (in the U.S.). My copy arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. Very much worth a look, IMHO. But what do the experts here think?