Re: book for a starter

2007-02-28 Thread Ramon Diaz-Uriarte
On 2/27/07, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you all for your wonderful suggestion and advice. > > Have a great evening! > > wensui > > On 27 Feb 2007 12:08:46 -0800, RickMuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, "Sriram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > >

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Wensui Liu
Thank you all for your wonderful suggestion and advice. Have a great evening! wensui On 27 Feb 2007 12:08:46 -0800, RickMuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, "Sriram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread RickMuller
On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, "Sriram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial > athttp://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html > Seconded. It really is a wonderful introduction to Python. Once you've digested that, the Python Library Reference in the

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Knight, Doug
Excellent choice. I used the 2nd edition for better than a year as a reference as I "came up to speed" on the language. Didn't know there was a 3rd edition out. Doug On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 11:08 -0800, Sriram wrote: > Hi, > > If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial at >

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Sriram
Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html I find Python Essential Reference (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) (Paperback) invaluable though. BTW I have the 2nd edition. Amazon link : http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A9N9B1L0

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Bjoern Schliessmann
Wensui Liu wrote: > I just start learning python and have a question regarding books > for a newbie like me. http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks > If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you > pick? ^_^. I'd pick a reference. YMMV. Regards, Björn (having been a

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread David Brochu
From: "Wensui Liu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: python-list@python.org Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:09:57 -0500 Subject: book for a starter Good morning, all, [I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. If you are only allowed to buy 1 python

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread king kikapu
Me, i bought this http://www.amazon.com/Core-Python-Programming-2nd/dp/0132269937/sr=8-1/qid=1172592163/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9302229-1138834?ie=UTF8&s=books and i really think it is a great book for learning Python. It refers to the latest Python version (2.5) and covers a lot of things, besides the

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread abcd
I'd pick, Dive Into Python (http://www.diveintopython.org/) you can read it online for FREE! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Sick Monkey
I personally would get "Programming Python, Third Edition " http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python3/ On 2/27/07, Wensui Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Good morning, all, I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. If you are only allowed to buy 1 pyt

book for a starter

2007-02-27 Thread Wensui Liu
Good morning, all, I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. Thank you so much! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list