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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dive into Python:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.diveintopython.net/">http://www.diveintopython.net/</a><br>
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Dive into Python 3:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.diveinto.org/python3/">http://www.diveinto.org/python3/</a><br>
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Both of these, along with Learn Python the Hard way, are suitable
for beginner programmers. I'm don't know of anything better for
people who are already experienced programmers in other languages.<br>
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On 26/06/13 10:59, Rachid Belaid wrote:<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:48 AM, <span
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.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>
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href="https://www.packtpub.com/python-2-6-text-processing-beginners-guide/book"
target="_blank">https://www.packtpub.com/python-2-6-text-processing-beginners-guide/book</a><br>
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Head First Python (Paul Barry):<br>
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href="http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920003434.do"
target="_blank">http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920003434.do</a><br>
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The Quick Python Book (Naomi R. Ceder):<br>
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href="http://www.manning.com/ceder/" target="_blank">http://www.manning.com/ceder/</a><br>
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Volent Python (TJ O'Connor):<br>
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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/Violent-Python-TJ-OConnor/dp/1597499579/ref=sr_1_10?ie=UTF8&qid=1372239422&sr=8-10&keywords=python</a><br>
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Programming Python (Mark Lutz):<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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/Programming-Python-Mark-Lutz/dp/0596158106/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1372239456&sr=8-8&keywords=python</a><br>
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Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (Mike Dawson):<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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/Python-Programming-Absolute-Beginner-Dawson/dp/1435455002/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1372239604&sr=1-1&keywords=python</a><br>
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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>
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