[Tutor] Python Tutorials: How to create useful programs after learning the syntax?

[wesley chun]

Robert, Emile, Malcolm,

wow, you guys are making me blush while hijacking this thread!
people are gonna start thinking i paid you off somehow LOL! :-)

seriously, thanks for the kudos. since i'm a technical instructor,
i wrote it not only from the software engineer's perspective, but
also a teacher's, and i know that nothing can substitute for the
experience gained when writing code in a language new to you.

the OP hit it right on the head -- he watched videos and studied
the syntax, but then what are you going to do with your newfound
knowledge? gotta put it to use. writing a full-scale hardcore ap-
plication, while effective, may get too large for your britches
and may be easily abandoned, making you less likely to pick it up
again later. the point of the short exercises is to get you going
and to get comfortable in order to adequately *prepare* you for
your first large project in your new favorite programming language!

anyway, off the soapbox with me. if anyone wants to read all the
good (and bad) reviews of the book on a single page, just go to
the book's website at http://corepython.com and click on the
reviews link on the left-hand side.

best regards!
-wesley

ps. for those of you who already have the book, be sure to download
the errata if you have an older printing... i had a long laundry
list of things that the publisher didn't get to until recently.
the latest printing of the book will have most of not all the cor-
rections already made, plus i've just added brand new appendices on
2.6 and 3.x to keep it current -- the book was developed during the
2.5 timeframe. i'm working with the publisher to make these 2 appen-
dices available to everyone who purchased earlier copies of the book.

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"Python Web Development with Django", Addison Wesley, (c) 2009
http://withdjango.com

wesley.j.chun :: wescpy-at-gmail.com
python training and technical consulting
cyberweb.consulting : silicon valley, ca
http://cyberwebconsulting.com


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Robert Berman<bermanrl at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> While it is not a sales pitch, the book is excellent. It and the Python
> Cookbook sit on top of my desk. Both are fantastic and pragmatic
> reference sources.


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Emile van Sebille<emile at fenx.com> wrote:
>
> +1 from a reviewer (vs. a reader/customer (vs. the author))
> :)


On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 4:37 PM, <python at bdurham.com> wrote:
>
> +1 from a reader/customer (vs. the author)
>
> "Core Python Programming" is an excellent resource for learning Python.
> I enjoyed the exercises - they force you to master the content vs.
> thinking<g> you know what's going on via a fast skim of the content.
>
> Highly recommended!