[Tutor] intro book for python

[Mats Wichmann]

Okay, this reply makes it seem like I was really confused.  My mail
client did a weird thing, made it look to me like this question was on
the Python webmaster list, where I also hang out - now it's resorted and
I see it was already sent to tutor.  Sorry about confusing anyone else
:)  And welcome!


On 09/01/2017 11:43 AM, Mats Wichmann wrote:
> On 09/01/2017 07:42 AM, Derek Smith wrote:
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am new to python coming from a Perl and Unix Admin background.  I reviewed the site https://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks and would like to know which book(s) you all recommended for a newbie?
> 
> Hi Derek, welcome to Python.
> 
> We don't recommend anything on the wiki, it wouldn't really be fair,
> there are so many books written by dedicated Python enthusiasts, how
> could we seem to prefer one over another? Some publishers are more
> diligent than others at adding everything they publish, but that's not
> really representative of quality, either.
> 
> That said, there's obviously more to choose from than one could possibly
> get through.  There ARE forums where people will be more than happy to
> offer an opinion, some of those were listed in the autoreply.
> 
> The python tutor mailing list (of which some of the webmasters are also
> participants) will be happy to help you along as you run into questions.
>  Stack Overflow is also a good source for answers to questions, although
> there it's best to search first, or you'll get shut down with the
> somewhat unhelpful "this question has already been asked and answered" ding.
> 
> 
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