Books I'd like to see
Scott Chapman
scott_list at mischko.com
Thu Nov 13 10:22:48 EST 2003
<rant?>
I'd like to see a good introduction to Python for brand new programmers
that starts with Python's object orientation (at least as the
assumption, if not explicitly dealing with objects at the beginning).
I've looked over every book on the market and the Net that is
introductory to Python and none of them emphasize Python's uniqueness
and power. It is not possible to rightly understand Python without
understanding that virtually everything except the keywords are
objects. This is the year 2003 and books are still introducing
Structured Programming paradigms and then re-teaching by introducing
Object Oriented later. This is Wrong! :-)
Guido's Tutorial probably comes the closest. He assumes objects under
the hood in his presentation of the material, rather than trying to
make Python fit into the old molds. If it had a full set of exercises
it would be a good starting text, perhaps needing some fleshing out in
areas.
Maybe one of the existing books out has exercises at the end of the
chapters; another shortcoming IMHO.
</rant>
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