I am a newcomer in the Python programming world, and very interested in language Python. I'm studying computer science, and would like a good book, a good basis for study. Any suggestions?
Maybe you want to have a look at this page.
It's a collection of free Python books with different spotlights to the topics.
http://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/
I can't tell you an specific name, but you can view a lot of books in Amazon (if you want to have a physical book). I prefer to use pdf's, forums... Do you have a particular question?
For me personally, the Head First book series is a good choice as a starting point. I like the way how the information is structured. It's a more exciting way of learning a programming language. Beginning Python from A-Press is also worth a closer look. It's a good reference book with the possibility to download a pdf later on.
Hi.
But i am using the book "core python programming" by wesley j. chun. However, i don't know whether it is a good book or not.So,please give me suggestion regarding this. Thanks.
In addition to those presented above, you could consider "Beginning Python: from novice to professional" by Magnus Lie Hetland. It covers a broad range of topics.
Another title worth considering is "Python programming for the absolute beginner" by Michael Dawson. It has several case studies to help deepen each concept learnt.
I suggest the "A Primer On Scientific Programming With Python, 2nd Edition 2011".It is for the beginner and it has many examples in science.It is very simple to learn python from that book.
Maybe you want to have a look at this page.
It's a collection of free Python books with different spotlights to the topics.
http://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/
I like very much the Python book in the Visual Quickstart Guide Series. It is up to the point and relatively inexpensive ($19.99 in the US). It focuses on Python 3.* and assumes the reader has previous exposure to a programming langage.
I would suggest you to go through the online Tutorial that accompanies the online manual. For instance for the 2.7 : http://docs.python.org/tutorial/
Https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython
Take up the above course ,it might be helpful .
I find Python Programming for the absolute beginner from Michael Dawson very useful
for beginner programmer.
I find "Learning Python" by Mark Lutz & David Asher (O'Reilly) and "A Primer on Scientific Programming with Python" by Hans Petter Langtangen (Springer) quite instructive.
O'Reilly books are quite good, I own a lot of them, but don't buy a long and expensive book, you won't need it, I think it will just demotivate you. I learnt python with the official tutorial: http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/index.html. I think python online documentation is very good and enough for learning everything about this language.
There's also this book: http://www.diveintopython.net/ but maybe for a complete beginner is too much.
I think it depends on which level of proficiency you are on right now or want to be on. For a primer, there is a rudimentary instant python book found at http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php
In my point of view the book aren't very important to learn a programming language, there is a lot of documentacion, tutorials, videos and courses totally free in the internet. You may be interested in the udacity web. In that web there is some course that uses the python language, and they are very interesting and there is a lot of examples and exercises.
yes you can go for Orielly publications book named 'Learning Python'.by Mark Lutz..It is a good book and the language is also easy.to understand. There is also another book named Dive into python.
We can learn Python from the python tutorial http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/index.html and few suggested some good books that too are good to go.
All the best!
See the following Book. which is Very nice and Simple Book for beginners
http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/9781933988498
If you are looking for a textbook, check this one it’s a nice book for a starter. “Fundamentals of Python First programs” by Kenneth A. Lambert. Good Luck.
Try looking here : http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks
Have fun !
Try the Head First Python book. It is an excellent book with a novel approach that helps beginners to grasp the concepts quick.
Have a look on "Sams teach yourself python in 24 days" if it suits you.
All the best !
My suggestion for a Python Book is:
Title: Internet Programming with Python
Authors: Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, James C. Ahlstrom
My version of the book is an older book (1996), but it is an excellent intoduction to Python and its capabilities.
I have seen a book "Non-programmers Tutorial for python 2.6
You can use following site learn in interactive way with Hands on,
http://www.learnpython.org/
Idea over various features in,
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/
Check out my own books at http://bookmuft.com/my-books/ . You may like to read the Python books but i would also suggest to explore Julia programming language too.
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