your opinion on book "Foundations of Python Network Programming"?

[kf9150]

Hello,

i'm debating if i should buy this book. it received good reviews at
Amazon: http://tinyurl.com/24zvrf. but it was published in 2004 and
i'm afraid quite some materials might be outdated? any input?

thanks,

kelie

 

[TheFlyingDutchman]

Hello,

i'm debating if i should buy this book. it received good reviews at
Amazon:http://tinyurl.com/24zvrf. but it was published in 2004 and
i'm afraid quite some materials might be outdated? any input?

thanks,

kelie

I have not read this book but just wanted to say, in case you don't
already know, they have Chapter 13 on FTP available as a free download
at the publisher's web site:

http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590593715

 

[sean tierney]

I just read it (though I bought it half a year ago...don't judge .

Author recommends Python 2.3 and above...and as far as I know the
examples are good. And if anything IS outdated -- you'll be able to
do some quick research to get you to where you need to be...and he
does mention code several areas of change/addition/modification. (ie
urllib and urllib2). He uses a couple of 3rd party projects too.

I really liked the book. I think Goerzen did a good job. He
addresses the code in the context of the problem the code is meant to
solve, which I found helpful. That said, it's not a substitute for
actually reading the code.

....if you haven't read the most recent edition of Programming Python
by Mark Lutz (O'Reilly), I'd recommend that first. Programming Python
covers (some) networking and everything else. More bang for the $$.



Sean

 

[kf9150]

I have not read this book but just wanted to say, in case you don't
already know, they have Chapter 13 on FTP available as a free download
at the publisher's web site:

http://www.apress.com/book/view/1590593715

thanks for the link, i just downloaded the chapter.

 

[kf9150]

I just read it (though I bought it half a year ago...don't judge .

Author recommends Python 2.3 and above...and as far as I know the
examples are good. And if anything IS outdated -- you'll be able to
do some quick research to get you to where you need to be...and he
does mention code several areas of change/addition/modification. (ie
urllib and urllib2). He uses a couple of 3rd party projects too.

I really liked the book. I think Goerzen did a good job. He
addresses the code in the context of the problem the code is meant to
solve, which I found helpful. That said, it's not a substitute for
actually reading the code.

...if you haven't read the most recent edition of Programming Python
by Mark Lutz (O'Reilly), I'd recommend that first. Programming Python
covers (some) networking and everything else. More bang for the $$.

Sean

Sean, thanks for your review and recommendation of the book
Programming Python. atm, i'm looking for a book that has detailed
coverage on networking. so "Foundations of ..." seems to be a good
choice for me.