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Learning Python (Help for Programmers)
by Mark Lutz, David Ascher, Frank Willison (Editor)
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- (April 1999)
366 pages
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The authors of Learning Python show you enough essentials of the Python scripting language to enable you to begin solving problems right away, then reveal more powerful aspects of the language one at a time. This approach is sure to appeal to programmers and system administrators who have urgent problems and a preference for learning by semi-guided experimentation. First off, Learning Python shows the relationships among Python scripts and their interpreter (in a mostly platform-neutral way). Then, the authors address the mechanics of the language itself, providing illustrations of how Python conceives of numbers, strings, and other objects as well as the operators you use to work with them. Dictionaries, lists, tuples, and other data structures specific to Python receive plenty of attention including complete examples. Authors Mark Lutz and David Ascher build on that fundamental information in their discussions of functions and modules, which evolve into coverage of namespaces, classes, and the object-oriented aspects of Python programming. There's also information on creating graphical user interfaces (GUIs) for Python applications with Tkinter. In addition to its careful expository prose, Learning Python includes exercises that both test your Python skills and help reveal more elusive truths about the language.
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Excellent introduction to Python
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Reviewer:
Alessandro Bottoni
from Ferrara, Italy
February 24, 2000
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Together with "Perl: the programmer's companion", by Nigel Chapman, this is one of the best introductory book I ever read. If you already know "Programming Python", the previous book of Mark Lutz on Python, and are concerned about the possibility that this book was just another messy collection of concepts and tips, relax: this is a completely different object. "learning Python" is a well-designed, well-written and concise book. It gives you all you need to write system administration utilities, Internet-related programs and other small applications. (Should you need a book on TKinter, the standard GUI module of Python, buy "Python and TKinter programming", by John Grayson, Manning publisher). Consider to buy this book because: - It is clear and well written. No struggles to understand the basic concepts and having the first programs running. - It is well-designed and well-structured. You can find the info you need in a snap. - You get a real understanding of Python, not only a description of its nice features. - It is concise. In a day or two you will be coding in Python. - It is a very good guide to keep on your desk. It is the missing part of the online documentation. - In describes how to perform the most common task with Python. You will not have to reinvent any wheel. - It describes a few important modules of Python: JPython, TKinter and COM. You can get a feeling of what you can do with Python (but, to go further, you will have to read the online documentation and perform a few experiments by yourself). Python is a very smart language and deserved a better book than "Programming Python". This is that book.
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4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
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Good starting point for pythoneers
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Reviewer:
Per Kistler
from Zurich, Switzerland
January 9, 2000
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This is a nice beginners textbook for Python which deals with many deatails, so that it is also valuable for people who already know Python. Still it is not reaching up to the highest branches of Python art. That would be the task of a massively revised second edition of the other Lutz book: "Programming Python". And it has to be said: Python is a great language!
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7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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Python deserves a better intro. than this
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Reviewer:
A reader
from Silicon Valley
December 23, 1999
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Python is a really interesting scripting language--about half way between Perl and Java. This book isn't hard to read, but it's not very interesting or entertaining. It covers a lot of the details of syntax, but doesn't really illustrate what the language is good for or how you would solve real world problems with it. If you like foo() examples, you'll love this book...
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6 of 8 people found this review helpful.
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Excellent introduction to Python
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Reviewer:
Neil
from Tokyo
November 22, 1999
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I believe this is an excellent book for learning Python. The author's style is flowing and smooth, the examples well-thought-out, and he makes it really easy to pick up Python. Compared to Programming Perl (the camel book) which is dense and heavily syntax-oriented making you feel like you're wading through syrup, this book was a pleasure to read. Unreserved recommendation.
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14 of 15 people found this review helpful.
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