[Tutor] Python Books

[Erik Price]

On Wednesday, September 4, 2002, at 11:59  PM, Kirk Bailey wrote:

> I also dare read Python Web Programming, but for a beginner this is 
> not such a
> hot idea.

This book is not very complicated, in my opinion.  If you already know 
Python, skip over Chapters 1, 2, and 3 because this is all review (not 
bad to review though if you're coming back to the language after a 
break).

Chapter 4 is a great overview of the concepts used in networking, it 
doesn't even deal with Python per se.  Chapter 5 is pretty much an 
explanation and tutorial of the client libraries like httplib and 
urllib -- good to read if you have no experience with them but you 
could probably get away with the online docs and be fine.

I haven't read Chapters 6 (Server Framework Libraries) or 7 
(Asynchronous services) yet.

Chapters 8 through 11 deal with database programming (not too tricky; 
it's harder to install and design a decent database than it is to write 
client code to access it IMHO) and 12 through 15 deal with XML 
processing (a very high-level inspection, really only discusses XML 
principles and SAX).

The last couple chapters integrate a lot of the earlier discussion into 
"Integrated Web Applications in Python" which I must say I haven't read 
yet.  I'd give this book a try, though if you're looking for something 
more general-purpose then perhaps "Programming Python" is a favorite 
(one that I've been meaning to read).



Erik





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