On Mar 26, 10:08 pm, Esmail <ebo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know if there is a 4th edition of this book planned > and if so, when it might be coming out? > > It looks like a good and comprehensive book but is getting a bit > outdated(?). > > And I guess since I'm asking this, I might as well be asking what > your favorite, comparable Python book might be :-) > > Thanks, > Esmail
Make sure that Programming Python is what you want. I was very disappointment with it (First edition) because I was expecting something like the Perl Camel book and it isn't. It isn't a introduction to the Python language like "Learning Python", it doesn't work as reference like "Python in a Nutshell", it doesn't contain short idiomatic code like "Python Cookbook". What you are left with is different application domains and how to apply Python to them. The book is excellent if you want to do Network, GUI, Databases, etc. but poor if you want to learn about Python the core language. The title of the book should be changed from "Programming Python" to "Applied Python" so newcomers to the language don't buy it by mistake. Even the preface says that it is about "application-level programming in Python". The book is pretty much 4 books in 1: System programming in Python Tkinter programming in Python Internet programming in Python Database and Persistence programming in Python In my opinion an experienced programmer that wants to learn Python the language should buy "Nutshell" and somebody new to programming in general "Learning". You should buy "Programming" only if you need to develop in one of the Domains covered in the book. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
