[Tutor] learning python with a book...

Magnus Lyckå magnus@thinkware.se
Sat May 3 06:43:01 2003


At 17:49 2003-05-03 +0800, ali mangaliag wrote:
>will i learn python just by reading web documents???

You make it sound like it would happen automatically.
You might learn python if you put your mind into it.
You need a computer and python itself. Web access
helps, but it's mainly the work you put into actaully
trying to write code and to understand code written by
others that matters.

>do i really need a python book??

No. There are good books that make it easier to grasp
some concepts, and others that work as handy references,
but there are no "secrets" in any printed books that you
can't find in a web document or through asking questions
on a mailing list or news group.

>can i be a proficient python programmer without reading any python book??

Certainly.

>i live in a not so "urban" land.... :) ... can't find any python book 
>here..... :)

I would imagine that most internet book shops can
deliver books to the Philippines, I don't know if I
ever saw a Python book in a book store around here
either.

But sure, while it might help with printed books, it's
all really a matter of putting some work into it.

The documentation included with Python, such as the
tutorial and the library reference, and resources
such as this mailing list can be very useful.

The python distribution itself also includes a lot
of source code, although trying to learn from studying
that is probably a bit intimidating for a beginner.


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