On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Fred C <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fred@bsdhost.net">fred@bsdhost.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Jun 30, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Stephen Cattaneo wrote:<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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I have a $50 gift certificate to amazon burning a hole in my pocket.<br>
I'd like to pick up either a newb/intermediate Django book or an<br>
intermediate/advanced general Python book.<br>
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Any suggestions?<br>
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(I currently own a single Python book: "Python in a Nutshell.")<br>
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I enjoyed reading that book "Expert Python Programming: Best practices for designing, coding, and distributing your Python software" <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184719494X/" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/184719494X/</a><br>
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This is not a reference manual, you won't find the complete list of all the function with their parameters and return values. But it is very interesting and helpful for organising, optimising and writing clean code.<font color="#888888"></font></blockquote>
<div><br>I'd have to agree. I was the technical editor for that book, and I really enjoyed reading it.<br><br>I'd also recommend "The Practice of Programming". Although it isn't about Python, it's short and extremely useful. It was written by Kernighan and Pike of UNIX fame.<br>
<br>Best Regards,<br>-jj <br></div></div><br>-- <br>In this life we cannot do great things. We can only do small things with great love. -- Mother Teresa<br><a href="http://jjinux.blogspot.com/">http://jjinux.blogspot.com/</a><br>