[Tutor] Python Beginner Book Advice

[wesley chun]

Apologies I'm late to this thread and thx to some of you who recommended my
book[s], "Core Python *", however the intended audience of that book is for
developers who are already familiar with another high-level language like
C/C++, Java, PHP, Ruby, etc. While those with less experience can certainly
use it, it's not the best tool for the job, so I have some recommendations
<http://goo.gl/i4u0R> too, which include some of the books in the OP.

More specifically about Core Python: the 3rd edition splits up the original
language fundamentals (part 1) and applications topics (part 2). So the
current "3rd ed" that's on the market (http://amzn.com/0132678209) is 2.x &
3.x but is only part 2 (applications), hence the slight rename. This book
wouldn't be advised because it's for people who already know Python but
want to learn what they can do with it. (I'm still working on the 3rd ed of
the language fundamentals part 1... honestly, it's been challenging to
complete due to a busy day job. I hope to find more time to work on it
soon! Perhaps some of you can help me with the reviews since you would be a
good audience for this next edition.)

Cheers,
--Wesley

On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 2:59 AM Alan Gauld via Tutor <tutor at python.org>
wrote:

> On 20/03/2020 02:52, DL Neil via Tutor wrote:
> > On 20/03/20 3:37 PM, boB Stepp wrote:
>
> >>> Mark Sommerville's "Programming in Python 3" from Addison Wesley.
>
> > assistance), I would criticise the latter as a new-learner's tool. The
> > first chapter is called "Rapid Introduction to Procedural Programming",
>
> Its not for newbies to programming that's for sure. But the OP said
> they knew Javascript so I figured it would be OK for a transitioning
> programmer.
>
>
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