On 17 May 2012 09:53:40 GMT, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote:
>On Wed, 16 May 2012 23:55:29 -0400, Mark R Rivet wrote: > >> I have a copy of this book and was wondering how relevant the content is >> considering the publish date is 2000. Are people still using this >> information? Anyone have any experience with this book? I guess what I >> mean, is, any of the code in this book deprecated? or does it still >> contain information used today the same as then. I mean, I guess some >> things don't change right? For instance, the derivative of x^2 is 2x >> now and in the 1800's. > >A book written in 2000 will probably be targeting Python 1.5, which is >seriously outdated. Most of the code will probably still work, but it >will not be the "best" way to do things, and there will probably be a few >minor things which act differently. > >If you already know Python, and just want to learn Tkinter, then using >such an old book is probably acceptable, in my opinion. I am in the process of learning python, and want to learn tkinter for GUI stuff. Is tkinter what people are using for GUI? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
