From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 07:01:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 011CB106566C for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:01:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68B478FC0A for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:01:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.erewhon.net (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr1.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q0Q70pXN045836; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:51 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.erewhon.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id EFB5112360; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:50 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:00:50 +0100 From: Roland Smith To: Gary Kline Message-ID: <20120126070050.GB29467@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120126033936.GA25755@thought.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120126033936.GA25755@thought.org> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: what are the top python books? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 07:01:24 -0000 --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:39:40PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: >=20 > guys, >=20 > sorry if this is a re-request and a bit OT, buuuuut, it's seriously > time i got myself in gear and bought or borrowed a book or CD // DVD > that teaches python. i honestly do prefer ink+paper, but with one > hand MIA, i need paperweights! so if there are books that can be > popped into the cd/dvd drawer, that would be better. =20 >=20 > i tried to follow some seriously complex python that might not have > worked on BSD. I want something that's good enough to clue me in =20 > on how to do that. =20 "Learning Python" by Mark Lutz is pretty complete and in-depth introduction. But at 1100-odd pages it is quite a hefty tome, though. The followup book "Programming Python" by the same author covers various aspects like network programming, GUI programming et cetera. The online documentation is excellent _for the standard library_ and the _tutorial_.=20 Also online you can find "Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist", which is a nice introduction Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk8g+iIACgkQEnfvsMMhpyU1EQCfU/T0QZ1KpLbMtCF4stLCjrHg FYIAn0hjKGgSaNOa8cRMTByXOXbZrZXO =wN3/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --rS8CxjVDS/+yyDmU--