Your Favorite Python Book

[Mike Driscoll]

On May 11, 4:45 pm, Chris Rebert <c... at rebertia.com> wrote:
> On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Sam Tregar <s... at tregar.com> wrote:
> > Greetings.  I'm working on learning Python and I'm looking for good books to
> > read.  I'm almost done with Dive into Python and I liked it a lot. I found
> > Programming Python a little dry the last time I looked at it, but I'm more
> > motivated now so I might return to it.  What's your favorite?  Why?
>
> I like "Python in a Nutshell" as a reference book, although it's now
> slightly outdated given Python 3.0's release (the book is circa 2.5).
>
> Cheers,
> Chris
> --http://blog.rebertia.com

I use Hetland's "Beginning Python" and Chun's "Core Python
Programming" the most, although I haven't used them in a while. I also
use Martelli's "Python Cookbook" from time-to-time. Hopefully he will
put out a 3.0 version too.

Mike