Is this to be a layered list? That is, some things for when people are getting started, but others that lead on from there?
Some things that are more at second (or maybe third) level rather than really introductory I have found useful recently are Python for Data Analysis, McKinney Python Data Science Handbook, VanderPlas Python and HDF5, Collette High Performance Python, Gorelick and Ozsvald I have not yet had a chance to go through it, but Doing Math with Python, Saha looked interesting enough that I got one. I found Python for Kids, Briggs entertaining and possibly useful if people want to get a gentle start on GUI programming. It's _very_ basic. I hope those aren't too tangential to what was being asked for. -- bennet On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 11:03 AM, David Martin (Staff) <[email protected]> wrote: > I have currently been pondering this and have constructed a short list which > I will be assessing in January (and hopefully publishing book reviews) > > Practical computing for biologists - Haddock > Computing for biologists - Libeskind-Hadas > Python for biologists - Jones > Biological data management with Python - Via > > The collaborative review will be performed by me as a lecturer, a postgrad > student and undergrads taking an introductory python course. > > ..d > > -----Original Message----- > From: Discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Peter Steinbach > Sent: 08 December 2015 14:50 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Discuss] further reading > > Hi to all, > > I was asked again recently, what books and/or websites I could recommend for > learning to program in python. while thinking about the answer, I pondered > the software carpentry website(s) and "only" found this: > http://software-carpentry.org/bib/reading.html > which is good to have and there potentially is more hidden on software- > carpentry.org. > > I however wondered, if we could add a literature section to our lessons which > would comprise curated resources both in terms of reading (i.e. books or > weblinks) and websites for further self-paced learning. The web is full of > material that could pick up our learners when they leave a boot camp. It > doesn't have to be a long list, but at least something that some instructors > could recommend or have tried and could say that it was a positive learning > experience. > > Before sending a PR, I wanted to have your opinion about it! Maybe something > like this was left-out on purpose in the past? > > Best, > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org > > The University of Dundee is a registered Scottish Charity, No: SC015096 > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.software-carpentry.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss_lists.software-carpentry.org
