The book "Programming Python" by Lutz

[DeepBleu]

"Robin Munn" <rmunn at pobox.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 10 Jan 2002 18:01:06 GMT, Hans Kristian Ruud <hans at inenco.no>
wrote:
> >
> >
> >DeepBleu wrote:
> >
> >> Hans
> >> Just to preserve credits:
> >> Programming Python is by Mark Lutz.
> >> Check the book at Amazon.com (they have an index I believe) and at
Oreilly's
> >> web site (for a table of contents and other information).  This can be
a
> >> starting point.  I myself did not bother with the information since I
have
> >> the 1st edition and it is still serving me well.
> >
> >I have the 1st edition, I am just wondering if it is any point in
hgetting the
> >2nd as well.
>
> I have the 2nd edition, and I just borrowed a copy of the 1st edition
> from a colleague. I've only skimmed the 1st edition *VERY* briefly, so
> be warned that this isn't an in-depth review of the differences between
> them, but my impression is that these feel like two different books. 2e
> seems to spend a lot more time on GUI issues (Tkinter, specifically)
> than 1e did. And where 1e did data structures as an example of OOP, 2e
> seems to focus more on solving practical problems, and Internet-related
> issues.
>
If this is the case then it is better to keep Lutz' 1st edition, and get one
extra book on Tkinter (Grayson's) and another on internet-related issues
(Holden's book for example)
DeepBleu