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  Books? Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 18:36 -0700
    Re: Books? Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-08-21 21:39 -0400
      Re: Books? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-08-22 12:04 +1000
        Re: Books? Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 19:12 -0700
      Re: Books? Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> - 2012-08-21 19:12 -0700
    Re: Books? Michael Poeltl <michael.poeltl@univie.ac.at> - 2012-08-22 08:57 +0200
    Re: Books? Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-08-22 08:43 +0100
    Re: Books? Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> - 2012-08-22 11:25 +0100
    Re: Books? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-08-22 14:04 +0000
      Re: Books? Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se> - 2012-08-22 16:34 +0200
      Re: Books? Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net> - 2012-08-23 09:13 +0100
    Books? Madison May <worldpeaceagentforchange@gmail.com> - 2012-08-23 14:56 -0700

#27595 — Books?

From	Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com>
Date	2012-08-21 18:36 -0700
Subject	Books?
Message-ID	<5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb64515e@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>

What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
online.

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#27596

From	Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Date	2012-08-21 21:39 -0400
Message-ID	<roy-936C82.21395321082012@news.panix.com>
In reply to	#27595

In article 
<5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb64515e@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
 Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> wrote:

> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> online.

I would start with http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

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#27597

From	Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Date	2012-08-22 12:04 +1000
Message-ID	<mailman.3622.1345601053.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27596

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb64515e@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>  Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
>> online.
>
> I would start with http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

Agreed. And for anything beyond that, I would recommend the anonymous
OP offer some more information, such as current programming skill
level and languages known.

But the tutorial is a good start regardless.

ChrisA

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#27600

From	Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com>
Date	2012-08-21 19:12 -0700
Message-ID	<5ff4ff35-e4ce-4908-8078-1bd88c173270@ou2g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#27597

On Aug 21, 7:04 pm, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote:
> > In article
> > <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb645...@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
> >  Anonymous Group <anonymous42311...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> >> online.
>
> > I would start withhttp://docs.python.org/tutorial/
>
> Agreed. And for anything beyond that, I would recommend the anonymous
> OP offer some more information, such as current programming skill
> level and languages known.
>
> But the tutorial is a good start regardless.
>
> ChrisA

Thanks

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#27599

From	Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com>
Date	2012-08-21 19:12 -0700
Message-ID	<cfa392d1-3c87-4c14-82fb-03bc2a3c3d9b@pz10g2000pbb.googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#27596

On Aug 21, 6:39 pm, Roy Smith <r...@panix.com> wrote:
> In article
> <5203ee16-5a80-4cd9-9434-ee2efb645...@kg10g2000pbc.googlegroups.com>,
>  Anonymous Group <anonymous42311...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> > online.
>
> I would start withhttp://docs.python.org/tutorial/

Thanks

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#27609

From	Michael Poeltl <michael.poeltl@univie.ac.at>
Date	2012-08-22 08:57 +0200
Message-ID	<mailman.3632.1345619079.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27595

I would recommend "Dive into Python3"

just goole-search
"dive into python3" filetype:pdf

and you got it!

regards
Michael

* Anonymous Group <anonymous42311324@gmail.com> [2012-08-22 03:40]:
> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> online.
> -- 
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

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#27616

From	Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Date	2012-08-22 08:43 +0100
Message-ID	<mailman.3639.1345621505.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27595

On 22/08/2012 02:36, Anonymous Group wrote:
> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> online.
>

Search for the Alan Gauld tutorial.  I've never used it myself, but OTOH 
I've never heard anybody complain about it!!!

As someone else has already mentioned it, I'd highly recommend Dive Into 
Python

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.

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#27624

From	Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net>
Date	2012-08-22 11:25 +0100
Message-ID	<mailman.3642.1345631114.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27595

[ Mark Lawrence wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at  8:43:58 +0100 ]

> On 22/08/2012 02:36, Anonymous Group wrote:
> > What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> > online.
> >
> 
> Search for the Alan Gauld tutorial.  I've never used it myself, but OTOH 
> I've never heard anybody complain about it!!!
> 
> As someone else has already mentioned it, I'd highly recommend Dive Into 
> Python

I bought "Beginning Python - Using Python 2.6 and 3.1" by James Payne, published by Wrox www.wrox.com. I've found it quite good so far, it's pretty comprehensive.

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#27633

From	Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info>
Date	2012-08-22 14:04 +0000
Message-ID	<5034e6dd$0$6574$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com>
In reply to	#27595

On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote:

> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> online.

Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally* 
just a few minutes ago, this book:

http://www.springer.com/mathematics/computational+science+%26+engineering/book/978-3-642-30292-3

http://codingcat.com/knjige/python/A%20Primer%20on%20Scientific%20Programming%20with%20Python.pdf

I wish it had existed when I was a beginner! I haven't read the whole 
thing, but dammit it looks like exactly the sort of book I would have 
adored as a newbie. (Your mileage may vary.)

-- 
Steven

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#27644

From	Virgil Stokes <vs@it.uu.se>
Date	2012-08-22 16:34 +0200
Message-ID	<mailman.3654.1345647810.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27633

On 22-Aug-2012 16:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote:
>
>> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
>> online.
> Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally*
> just a few minutes ago, this book:
>
> http://www.springer.com/mathematics/computational+science+%26+engineering/book/978-3-642-30292-3
>
> http://codingcat.com/knjige/python/A%20Primer%20on%20Scientific%20Programming%20with%20Python.pdf
>
>
> I wish it had existed when I was a beginner! I haven't read the whole
> thing, but dammit it looks like exactly the sort of book I would have
> adored as a newbie. (Your mileage may vary.)
>
>
>
I second this --- this is a very good book IMHO. I have the first edition (2009) 
and have found it very useful.

Good tip!

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#27707

From	Jamie Paul Griffin <jamie@kode5.net>
Date	2012-08-23 09:13 +0100
Message-ID	<mailman.3699.1345709586.4697.python-list@python.org>
In reply to	#27633

[ Virgil Stokes wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 16:34:40 +0200 ]

> On 22-Aug-2012 16:04, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> > On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 18:36:50 -0700, Anonymous Group wrote:
> >
> >> What books do you recomend for learning python? Preferably free and/or
> >> online.
> > Completely by coincidence, I have just discovered, and I mean *literally*
> > just a few minutes ago, this book:
> >
> > http://www.springer.com/mathematics/computational+science+%26+engineering/book/978-3-642-30292-3
> >
> > http://codingcat.com/knjige/python/A%20Primer%20on%20Scientific%20Programming%20with%20Python.pdf
> >
> >
> > I wish it had existed when I was a beginner! I haven't read the whole
> > thing, but dammit it looks like exactly the sort of book I would have
> > adored as a newbie. (Your mileage may vary.)
> >
> >
> >
> I second this --- this is a very good book IMHO. I have the first edition (2009) 
> and have found it very useful.
> 
> Good tip!

absolutely. I've been reading it most of last night, certainly a great learning resource.

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#27766

From	Madison May <worldpeaceagentforchange@gmail.com>
Date	2012-08-23 14:56 -0700
Message-ID	<6bdda4a4-cdd2-4298-97bc-43742589f4e9@googlegroups.com>
In reply to	#27595

I would definitely take a look at Think Python by Allen Downey if you have minimal prior experience with computer programming.   It's succinct yet thorough.

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