<div dir="ltr">Learn Python the hard way<div><br></div><div><a href="http://learnpythonthehardway.org/">http://learnpythonthehardway.org/</a><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:a.cavallo@cavallinux.eu" target="_blank">a.cavallo@cavallinux.eu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
I'm looking for an introductory book in python: do you have any suggestion?<br>
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I'm shortlisting few so far:<br>
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Python 2.6 Text Processing: Beginners Guide (Jeff McNeil):<br>
<a href="https://www.packtpub.com/python-2-6-text-processing-beginners-guide/book" target="_blank">https://www.packtpub.com/<u></u>python-2-6-text-processing-<u></u>beginners-guide/book</a><br>
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Head First Python (Paul Barry):<br>
<a href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920003434.do" target="_blank">http://shop.oreilly.com/<u></u>product/0636920003434.do</a><br>
<br>
The Quick Python Book (Naomi R. Ceder):<br>
<a href="http://www.manning.com/ceder/" target="_blank">http://www.manning.com/ceder/</a><br>
<br>
Volent Python (TJ O'Connor):<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Violent-Python-TJ-OConnor/dp/1597499579/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1372239422&sr=8-10&keywords=python" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/<u></u>Violent-Python-TJ-OConnor/dp/<u></u>1597499579/ref=sr_1_10?ie=<u></u>UTF8&qid=1372239422&sr=8-10&<u></u>keywords=python</a><br>
<br>
Programming Python (Mark Lutz):<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Programming-Python-Mark-Lutz/dp/0596158106/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1372239456&sr=8-8&keywords=python" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/<u></u>Programming-Python-Mark-Lutz/<u></u>dp/0596158106/ref=sr_1_8?ie=<u></u>UTF8&qid=1372239456&sr=8-8&<u></u>keywords=python</a><br>
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Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (Mike Dawson):<br>
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Python-Programming-Absolute-Beginner-Dawson/dp/1435455002/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372239604&sr=1-1&keywords=python" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.co.uk/<u></u>Python-Programming-Absolute-<u></u>Beginner-Dawson/dp/1435455002/<u></u>ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&<u></u>qid=1372239604&sr=1-1&<u></u>keywords=python</a><br>
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<br>
All they seem reasonable reading for starters, but I wonder if there's something else around that can be effective in bringing skilled developers (C/C++) into the python side.<br>
<br>
Thanks<br>
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