[portland] Recommendation for book to use in classroom?

[Joshua D. Drake]

On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 09:17 -0800, michelle rowley wrote:
> what about dive into python (http://diveintopython.org/)? it's free, which
> is good for students. i used it quite a bit when i was learning python, and
> i liked it. just a thought...

There is also:

http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

Joshua D. Drake


> 
> michelle
> 
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Dylan Reinhardt
> <python at dylanreinhardt.com>wrote:
> 
> > O'Reilly's Learning Python is a classic... though it's gained a lot of
> > weight the last couple revisions.
> >
> > It's not structured as a text, if that matters to you.
> >
> > $.02
> >
> > Dylan
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Charles Anderson
> > <master.sparkle at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > Does anyone have a recommendation for a (text) book to use for teaching
> > > Python to students who already know Java?  I'll be teaching a college
> > class
> > > in spring to students who have had at least 2 quarters of Java.  So, they
> > > should be hip to the basics of programming - e.g., conditionals,
> > iteration,
> > > methods, classes, etc.  I'd like to focus on "more interesting" bits of
> > > Python that are difficult or impossible in straight Java - e.g.,
> > > introspection, duck-typing, possibly metaclasses.
> > >
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > > Charles.
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