new to python, trying to choose a book.

[Westley Martínez]

On Sun, 2011-03-06 at 11:21 -0800, sogeking99 wrote:
> hey. been looking into book for learning python(or what ever resource
> really) two books are frequently recommended, learn python the hard
> way and think python. i have also been recommended dive into python by
> one person, who said it was fantastic. but another person said it was
> dated and even when it was made, it wasn't very good.
> 
> i have some experience with programming (not much) i know the basics
> of java like control flow and inheritance. but thats about it
> 
> is head first python a good book? i quite liked what i read of head
> first python.
I tried to read Dive into Python; it was boring.

Firstly, there's the official Python tutorial, which I've only glanced
over.

Swaroop C H's "A Byte of Python" was the (e)book I read to learn
programming. It's incredibly simple, which is why it's fantastic.

For a more comprehensive tour of Python, I like Mark Lutz's books.

I'm sure there are other great books, but that's all I've read on Python
so far.