Book Recommendations

[Nathan Weston]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.

I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
languages.

Any suggestions?

 

[beliavsky]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.

I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
languages.

I'd recommend Alex Martelli's "Python in a Nutshell" for you and "Learning
Python" by Lutz and Ascher for your colleagues. They are both published by
O'Reilly.

 

[Manuzhai]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.

I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
languages.

Check this thread currently going on:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&group=comp.lang.python

Regards,

Manuzhai

 

[Sean Dolan]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.
http://www.diveintopython.org/


I'm also looking for a "gentler" book to help introduce some of my
co-workers to python. They are also experienced programmers, but
mostly in C++, with some Java/C# but minimal exposure to scripting
languages.

Any suggestions?

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

I'm new to Python and am looking for a book to get me up to speed
quickly. I'm an experienced programmer and very proficient with Ruby,
so Python is coming easily to me and I don't need a gentle
introduction -- I just need a quick way to get familiar with common
Python idioms and important libraries.

http://effbot.org/zone/librarybook-index.htm

contains examples for all modules that were in 2.0, in idiomatic python
(see the "new modules in ..." for info on modules added in later versions).

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[elbows]

Check this thread currently going on:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&group=comp.lang.python

The link doesn't work -- maybe because of the new google groups
interface?
Can you repost with a working link?

Thanks,
Nathan

 

[JanC]

Nathan schreef:

The link doesn't work -- maybe because of the new google groups
interface?
Can you repost with a working link?

I think it's this:
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/7bc765e46f2d2180>