On 06/02/2011 11:09 AM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
Pretty shameful that after almost 6 years of (fairly advanced) Python
coding, I still finding myself not knowing some of the basic 101
stuff.. Slightly off topic but, does anyone else have that issue when
coding? (i.e. doing really complex code, but forgetting/not knowing
some of the real basic stuff).
Yeah, I run into that from time to time. What I do to remedy it is read
books. Especially ones like the Python Essential Reference by David
Beazley. Just scan through it in the bath or at breakfast or whatever,
and you'll find a handy module you never knew existed, or a wonderful
new feature in something you use all the time.
I'm anxiously anticipating Doug Hellmann's new book on the standard
library, which should ship sometime this month.
http://amzn.com/0321767349
From what I've read in his PyMoTW posts and seen in his PyCon
presentation, this book will make my Python skills even better.
I suspect that most working developers are self-taught, in that they
didn't learn the technology they work with from the ground up in a
classroom -- they picked it up as they went along. That's what I blame
for the gaps in our knowledge. I don't think these books are the best
place to start with Python, but they're a great way to sharpen the axe.
Shawn
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