[Tutor] OOP fundamentals

Ed Hotchkiss edhotchkiss at gmail.com
Tue Sep 20 02:45:50 CEST 2005


Excellent, I'll be getting that book tomorrow! Thanks again, I'm doing a
tutorial as we speak!


 On 9/19/05, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Ed Hotchkiss wrote:
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> > Thanks Danny! Tommorrow I am off to get "Programming for Python, 2nd
> > edition" and learn everything - all of it, before I even bother with
> > Sockets.
>
> Hi Ed,
>
> I'd disrecommend Programming Python if you're a beginner. Programming
> Python is really more of an expedition over Python's features than a
> tutorial. Furthermore, it's a very thick and heavy book, and I have
> something of a grudge against books that make me strain my wrists. I
> personally think that "Learning Python" will be a better fit for you.
>
> I also have heard good things about Alan Gauld's "Learn to Program Using
> Python", which is an expansion of the online tutorials you've been reading
> into book form. And I've heard that the author is pretty responsive.
> *grin*
>
> For more information, you can take a look at:
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> http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks
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> for book reviews of other introductory texts.
>
>
> But finally, you may also want to look at:
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> http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/Programmers
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
>
> You might be able to get pretty far from the online tutorials there.
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>
> Good luck!
>
>


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edward hotchkiss
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