Re: new to python, trying to choose a book.

2011-03-06 Thread Brandon LaRocque
I'd suggest Zed Shaw's amazing Learn Python The Hard Way [1] (which isn't as hard as it sounds) - and it's free over the web (but, I believe - you can buy a copy). I dislike Pilgrim's Dive Into Python, but that's just me (though I thoroughly recommend Dive Into HTML5 to anyone interested in HTML5)

Re: new to python, trying to choose a book.

2011-03-06 Thread Westley Martínez
On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 11:21 -0800, sogeking99 wrote: > hey. been looking into book for learning python(or what ever resource > really) two books are frequently recommended, learn python the hard > way and think python. i have also been recommended dive into python by > one person, who said it was f

new to python, trying to choose a book.

2011-03-06 Thread sogeking99
hey. been looking into book for learning python(or what ever resource really) two books are frequently recommended, learn python the hard way and think python. i have also been recommended dive into python by one person, who said it was fantastic. but another person said it was dated and even when