Curses! I screwed up my later insertion. I should have written in my footnote:
On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 3:20 PM, boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> wrote: > [1] An exception is "Beginning Python -- From Novice to Professional, > 3rd ed." by Magnus Lie Hetland, c. 2017. I recently acquired this > book and so far I am enjoying it. I would not recommend it for a true > beginner to programming, but for anyone that has had any experience > programming in any language I think it might be a good read for such a > person to learn Python. The author seems to bring in all of the > syntactic elements, either directly or in sidebars/sections that can > be skipped for later reading. Perhaps unfortunately, he does not > provide many examples, thus making it fast-paced, but if you have > any programming experience, this can be an advantage as such a person > probably does not need a lot of repetitive examples. The latter section > of the book has ten substantial projects he goes through that have > mostly practical applications for real world examples. I might do a > more detailed review later once I finish the book to see if my initial > impression holds up. But so far I wish it were the first Python book > I ever picked up! > > -- > boB -- boB _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor