[Tutor] Beginners Help

[abeidson at sbcglobal.net]

Has anyone used the book Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by
Michael Dawson?? and if so is it on par or better then the O'Reilly books
(have used those books for SAMBA, Linux, and Sendmail)
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gus Tabares" <gustabares at verizon.net>
To: <tutor at python.org>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2004 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Beginners Help


> On Monday 19 January 2004 23:08, abeidson at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> > I am not only new to Python.. but essentially new to programming in
> > general.. (the last program I wrote was in Basic 15 years ago for High
> > school). My job is starting to require me to do some type of programming
to
> > interact with databases (DB4, DB2, SQL, and Oracle). From everything I
have
> > read Python seems the best to start with.. but with all the books out
there
> > I was just looking for some insite.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Andy
>
> Hi Andy,
>
> The main Python website (www.python.org) has many resources for beginning
> Python programmers (and beginner programmers in general). Check out this
> link:
>
> http://www.python.org/doc/Intros.html
>
> If you do chose to start with Python (a great idea;) then I would
recommend
> either O'Reilly's Learning Python or Core Python Programming. Both are
great
> beginner resources for learning Python.
>
>
> Good luck!
>
> -- 
> Gus Tabares
>
>
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