From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 26 18:42:33 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 7F0C81065674 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:42:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from borisbsd@googlemail.com) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com (mail-wi0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16B6F8FC08 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wibhn14 with SMTP id hn14so1011645wib.13 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=aU+udGKyBRAecKn1WoJww6YaOOIuvIV0FlwgY4JOe8Y=; b=tHfmsZFYlxFnaVvwoVXQbjREvW53NerXSz/BDsNTgc6maQJ5i4Y4vsimIxtlxHQfCx XUdT7BhBDUXV5wcf6tw/rayZHebuYdxVZA4EsTfe+eswkIP0fKM52LF7gpC7R/+VY92w DwBFkr8Aymnlz+R3sl7KYkMRQzxVBX66xGetk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.180.78.233 with SMTP id e9mr5009804wix.0.1327603352002; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.227.36.216 with HTTP; Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:42:31 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120126070050.GB29467@slackbox.erewhon.net> References: <20120126033936.GA25755@thought.org> <20120126070050.GB29467@slackbox.erewhon.net> Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:42:31 +0000 Message-ID: From: Boris To: Gary Kline Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: Roland Smith , 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 18:42:33 -0000 http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ Pick the format you want. HTH. B. On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Roland Smith wrote: > On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 07:39:40PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: >> >> guys, >> >> 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. =A0i honestly do prefer ink+paper, but with one >> hand MIA, i need paperweights! =A0so if there are books that can be >> popped into the cd/dvd drawer, that would be =A0better. >> >> i tried to follow some seriously complex python that might not have >> worked on BSD. =A0I want something that's good enough to clue me in >> on how to do that. > > "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 aspe= cts > like network programming, GUI programming et cetera. > > The online documentation is excellent _for the standard library_ and the > _tutorial_. > > Also online you can find "Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer > Scientist", which is a nice introduction > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0= =A0 http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 =A0B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A72= 5)