[Tutor] Hi,every one

[David Heiser]

I seldom hear anyone mention "The Quick Python Book" by Daryl Harms and
Kenneth McDonald (Manning). It was the book I found most useful when I
started programming Python. I still keep it nearby and refer to it
occasionally as a familiar memory refresher, even though I have been
writing Python code every day for 6 years.


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From: tutor-bounces at python.org [mailto:tutor-bounces at python.org] On
Behalf Of Alan Gauld
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 6:12 PM
To: tutor at python.org
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Hi,every one

"Yang Yang" <Yang at pyboo.com> wrote 

>i am a newman for python world

Are you new to programming? 
Or are you just new to python?

The answer to that question will affect the answers to the next.
 
> 1.what is the best book for python study.

Depends on above.
If you are brand new to programming I
recommend you follow some of the online tutorials before buying a book.

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers

You might even like mine! :-)

If you can program then start with the official tutorial on python.org
then try one of several more advanced books:

Programming Python by Lutz
Dive into Python (available online)
Python Cookbook (common recipes)

Python in a Nutshell (best reference book) Python Essential Reference (a
close second)

And there are several good specialist books if you have a particular
area of interest:

Python Network Programming
Text Processing in Python
and others:
TurboGears & Django web frameworks
TKinter, wxPython and pyQt GUI toolkits all have books XML, Win32 etc
etc.

> 2.what's is the better IDE for python

Thats a religious question with strong views.
People have different styles.
Start with IDLE or Pythonwin, see whats missing and find something that
fills your needs.

Eclipse with PyDev and SPE are both striongly recommended by their fans.
The former needs a powerful PC.

I still prefer a combination of:
vim,
pyCrust shell and
an OS console

YMMV,

--
Alan Gauld
Author of the Learn to Program web site
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld

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