Re: book for a starter
On 2/27/07, Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you all for your wonderful suggestion and advice. Have a great evening! wensui On 27 Feb 2007 12:08:46 -0800, RickMuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, Sriram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial athttp://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html Seconded. It really is a wonderful introduction to Python. Once you've digested that, the Python Library Reference in the docs is your best friend. The nice thing about getting familiar with the official python documentation is that it's always available to you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list WenSui, from the R list I think you are not a novice programmer. I'd recommend Python in a Nutshell. Note there is a recent edition that covers Python 2.5. (I actually use almost exclusively Nuthsell --- and the pocket reference which is small and inexpensive and i carry on my backpack all the time). Best, R. -- WenSui Liu A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- Ramon Diaz-Uriarte Statistical Computing Team Structural Biology and Biocomputing Programme Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO) http://ligarto.org/rdiaz -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
I personally would get Programming Python, Third Edition http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/python3/ On 2/27/07, Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning, all, I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. Thank you so much! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
I'd pick, Dive Into Python (http://www.diveintopython.org/) you can read it online for FREE! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
Me, i bought this http://www.amazon.com/Core-Python-Programming-2nd/dp/0132269937/sr=8-1/qid=1172592163/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-9302229-1138834?ie=UTF8s=books and i really think it is a great book for learning Python. It refers to the latest Python version (2.5) and covers a lot of things, besides the language. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
From: Wensui Liu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: python-list@python.org Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 10:09:57 -0500 Subject: book for a starter Good morning, all, [I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. Thank you so much!] - If your new to programming I would recommend reading Learning Python (O'Reilly). Along with that the tutorial by Guido on the Python website is a good foundation. If you have programming experience I would recommend Dive Into Python. Either way you probably should have Learning Python and/or Programming Python on your bookshelf for reference if you are going to really program using Python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
Wensui Liu wrote: I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. I'd pick a reference. YMMV. Regards, Björn (having been allowed to buy more than one Python book) -- BOFH excuse #314: You need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html I find Python Essential Reference (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) (Paperback) invaluable though. BTW I have the 2nd edition. Amazon link : http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A9N9B1L0O4BYJ/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/002-7062034-2980840 On Feb 27, 10:58 am, Bjoern Schliessmann usenet- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wensui Liu wrote: I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. I'd pick a reference. YMMV. Regards, Björn (having been allowed to buy more than one Python book) -- BOFH excuse #314: You need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
Excellent choice. I used the 2nd edition for better than a year as a reference as I came up to speed on the language. Didn't know there was a 3rd edition out. Doug On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 11:08 -0800, Sriram wrote: Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial at http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html I find Python Essential Reference (3rd Edition) (Developer's Library) (Paperback) invaluable though. BTW I have the 2nd edition. Amazon link : http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A9N9B1L0O4BYJ/ref=cm_blog_dp_pdp/002-7062034-2980840 On Feb 27, 10:58 am, Bjoern Schliessmann usenet- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wensui Liu wrote: I just start learning python and have a question regarding books for a newbie like me. http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks If you are only allowed to buy 1 python book, which one will you pick? ^_^. I'd pick a reference. YMMV. Regards, Björn (having been allowed to buy more than one Python book) -- BOFH excuse #314: You need to upgrade your VESA local bus to a MasterCard local bus. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, Sriram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial athttp://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html Seconded. It really is a wonderful introduction to Python. Once you've digested that, the Python Library Reference in the docs is your best friend. The nice thing about getting familiar with the official python documentation is that it's always available to you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: book for a starter
Thank you all for your wonderful suggestion and advice. Have a great evening! wensui On 27 Feb 2007 12:08:46 -0800, RickMuller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Feb 27, 12:08 pm, Sriram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, If you have experience programming, just read the online tutorial athttp://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html Seconded. It really is a wonderful introduction to Python. Once you've digested that, the Python Library Reference in the docs is your best friend. The nice thing about getting familiar with the official python documentation is that it's always available to you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- WenSui Liu A lousy statistician who happens to know a little programming (http://spaces.msn.com/statcompute/blog) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
