Learning Python, 3rd Edition by Mark Lutz
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Book Reviews of Learning Python, 3rd Edition
Book Review: good standby python book
Summary: 4 Stars
This book was very handy as a reference when having to learn python in depth pretty quickly, only gave it 4 stars because it didn't go deep enough in a few areas for my taste but I keep going back to it now and then and I'm glad I have it on my bookshelf.Book Review: Comprehensive and easy to read
Summary: 4 Stars
The book is a good introduction for new programmers. In addition it has references to other languages like C++ which makes the book exiting for more expierenced fellows. The book can be recommended equally for studying Python and as a reference book.Book Review: Learning Python, 3rd Edition
Summary: 4 Stars
This book is a very good starting point for new Python users. It is direct and easy to follow. I was happy to see that the 3rd edition was in print dealing with the latest 2.5 version of Python.
Book Review: nice starters overview
Summary: 4 Stars
This book gives a good fundamental introduction to the programming language. It is easy to read and gives clear examples.Book Review: If books were measured by weight...
Summary: 3 Stars
I just spent a few days going through this book and learned a lot. I've been working with PHP for years, but never did much complicated code. I studied Java about 8 years ago also and learned a lot about OOP from that. But never did any programming in Java. So it was all concept, no experience.
My reason for reading this book was to start using Python with Django. I wanted to learn Python first so I would understand the framework better.
This book covers in excruciating detail many of the finer qualities of just about everything you can imagine being in the language. I'm sure it doesn't cover everything the language can do. But somehow it spends 600 plus pages going over details that I wouldn't expect to find even if I was reading a 300 page book called "What I was thinking when I wrote this particular function on July 3rd 1991"
If something can be explained by 2 lines of example code and a three sentence paragraph about what's going on, the author does that -after 2 pages of explanation of how this code you are about to see might be a little like C, but it's a little different too, and how what you are going to learn is really powerful, and how some students might notice that the code is similar in structure to the code that you will see on page 400 later in the book.
If you think my review is way too verbose, read the book.
I give it 3 stars because it was in fact clear and well communicated information. It was just often hard to keep reading past all the unnecessary words to get to the useful content.