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  ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book Mike Driscoll <kyosohma@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 08:37 -0700
    Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book justin walters <walters.justin01@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 10:59 -0700
      Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book Mike Driscoll <kyosohma@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 11:15 -0700
        Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book justin walters <walters.justin01@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 11:41 -0700
        Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2016-03-30 12:21 -0700
          Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book Mike Driscoll <kyosohma@gmail.com> - 2016-03-30 13:51 -0700
        Re: ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-31 11:50 +1100

#106086 — ANN: Python 201 - Intermediate Python book

Hi,

I just wanted to let you know that I am hard at work on my second book, which is entitled Python 201 which will come out this Fall 2016. I currently have a Kickstarter going where you can pre-order the book: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/python-201-intermediate-python

I actually posted to this list last year about what you would consider to be intermediate topics in Python. From that discussion and from some ideas I had already been working, this book was born. The book is aimed for people who already know the basics of Python but would like to learn more. It is also written with Python 3 in mind. 

Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,
Mike Driscoll

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#106101

On Mar 30, 2016 8:41 AM, "Mike Driscoll" <kyosohma@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just wanted to let you know that I am hard at work on my second book,
which is entitled Python 201 which will come out this Fall 2016. I
currently have a Kickstarter going where you can pre-order the book:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/34257246/python-201-intermediate-python
>
> I actually posted to this list last year about what you would consider to
be intermediate topics in Python. From that discussion and from some ideas
I had already been working, this book was born. The book is aimed for
people who already know the basics of Python but would like to learn more.
It is also written with Python 3 in mind.
>
> Let me know if you have any questions.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike Driscoll
>
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Can you go over a couple of the topics you are going to cover?

Are you going to cover any of the most popular packages such as Django and
scrapy?

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#106102

Hi Justin,

> > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> 
> Can you go over a couple of the topics you are going to cover?
> 
> Are you going to cover any of the most popular packages such as Django and
> scrapy?

Sure! I'm planning on covering several of the more popular intermediate-level modules from Python's standard library, such as collections, contextlib, functools and itertools.

I am also going to be covering benchmarking, encryption, connecting to databases, etc.

There is a section on Web-related chapters. While I don't plan to cover a web framework, I am going to cover other items related to working with the internet using Python. I do plan to talk about creating a web crawler / scraper, but I hadn't decided if I was going to use scrapy for that or not. I also plan to write about working with web APIs, such as Amazon's or Google's APIs. There will probably be some kind of chapter about Selenium / Web Driver too. I have some other ideas too.

I hope that answered your question.

Mike

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#106103

On Mar 30, 2016 11:21 AM, "Mike Driscoll" <kyosohma@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Justin,
>
> > > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
> >
> > Can you go over a couple of the topics you are going to cover?
> >
> > Are you going to cover any of the most popular packages such as Django
and
> > scrapy?
>
> Sure! I'm planning on covering several of the more popular
intermediate-level modules from Python's standard library, such as
collections, contextlib, functools and itertools.
>
> I am also going to be covering benchmarking, encryption, connecting to
databases, etc.
>
> There is a section on Web-related chapters. While I don't plan to cover a
web framework, I am going to cover other items related to working with the
internet using Python. I do plan to talk about creating a web crawler /
scraper, but I hadn't decided if I was going to use scrapy for that or not.
I also plan to write about working with web APIs, such as Amazon's or
Google's APIs. There will probably be some kind of chapter about Selenium /
Web Driver too. I have some other ideas too.
>
> I hope that answered your question.
>
> Mike
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

That absolutely answers my questions. I'll keep an eye out for your book
when it is realeased. It seems like it will cover some topics that could be
useful in continuing my learning.

I am especially interested in encryption as that is something I have yet to
dive into.

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#106106

On 03/30/2016 11:41 AM, justin walters wrote:

> That absolutely answers my questions. I'll keep an eye out for your book
> when it is realeased. It seems like it will cover some topics that could be
> useful in continuing my learning.

KickStarter plug:

If you want to pledge to buying the book now on KickStarter, that will 
guarantee you the book when it comes out, plus contribute to possibly 
have more content in the book as higher reward levels are unlocked.

Currenty his book is past the "it will definitely happen" stage, and the 
next reward level will unsure even more content.

Note:  I'm not affiliated with the book, probably won't pledge (only a 
couple topics apply to me), but I am a KickStarter fan (having purchased 
more games than was probably wise ;) .

--
~Ethan~

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#106113

On Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 2:21:08 PM UTC-5, Ethan Furman wrote:
> On 03/30/2016 11:41 AM, justin walters wrote:
> 
> > That absolutely answers my questions. I'll keep an eye out for your book
> > when it is realeased. It seems like it will cover some topics that could be
> > useful in continuing my learning.
> 
> KickStarter plug:
> 
> If you want to pledge to buying the book now on KickStarter, that will 
> guarantee you the book when it comes out, plus contribute to possibly 
> have more content in the book as higher reward levels are unlocked.
> 
> Currenty his book is past the "it will definitely happen" stage, and the 
> next reward level will unsure even more content.
> 
> Note:  I'm not affiliated with the book, probably won't pledge (only a 
> couple topics apply to me), but I am a KickStarter fan (having purchased 
> more games than was probably wise ;) .
> 
> --
> ~Ethan~

You'll also get early access to the book so you'll get to see the chapters as soon as I'm done with them (most of the time).

Mike

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#106119

On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 6:21 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Note:  I'm not affiliated with the book, probably won't pledge (only a
> couple topics apply to me), but I am a KickStarter fan (having purchased
> more games than was probably wise ;) .

Heh, me too - though more other things than games. Between Kickstarter
and Twitch.tv, I've collected a lot of great artwork and Alice in
Wonderland memorabilia.

This also isn't for me, but if anyone's interested, I strongly
encourage going for it. Don't worry if you don't have the money yet;
you won't be charged until the campaign ends (in a week or
thereabouts). Get the book sooner than anyone else does, and be a part
of making it happen!

ChrisA

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