** Hugo Mills <hugo@???> [2009-02-04 14:01]:
> On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 01:52:52PM +0000, Paul Stimpson wrote:
> > I need to nip out today and buy a Python book for work. I was
> > previously a C programmer but I've never used Python before and need
> > to pick it quickly from scratch.
>
> > I was thinking about something like one of the Sams 24 Hours
> > books. Is there any book you would recommend or caution against
> > please?
>
> The Python online docs[1] are pretty good. There is an official
> tutorial[2] as part fo the Python documentation set. It'll take you
> through the basics of the language -- the syntax, fundamental data
> structures, classes, objects and modules. After that, I found it was
> mostly just a matter of looking up the APIs I wanted to use in the
> library reference[3].
>
> Hugo.
>
> [1] http://docs.python.org/index.html
> [2] http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
> [3] http://docs.python.org/library/index.html
** end quote [Hugo Mills]
Not read it yet, but what about this site?
http://diveintopython.org/
It's billed as "Python from novice to pro".
There's a an update at
http://diveintopython3.org/, but it is early days
yet for that.
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