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Tristan Gaebler
6,204 PointsBest python book
What is a good python book to follow the python course with? I have found reading a book while doing the course helps. Any suggestions?
2 Answers
Gavin Ralston
28,770 Pointsr/learnpython learning resources is a great place to find reading matieral
It's hard to tell you for sure what's the best, though. I found something pretty information-dense and geeky like Learn Python (O'Reilly) to be helpful, but others may find it, well, dense. There are definitely some really great Python 3 books out there, though, if you like a more tutorial-based book.
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 PointsLearn Python The Hard Way is a fantastic resource you can acquire easily online, I highly recommend checking it out.
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsYeah that's a great series, too. Not a huge fan of the starting-to-sound-dated "2.x 4 LYFE" mantra, though. That's becoming harder and harder to justify with the gap closing.
No doubt you need to learn it, but I don't see the harm in getting a grounding in 3 and picking up the crusty 2.7 bits as needed.
Ethan Lowry
Courses Plus Student 7,323 PointsThat's probably a valid point - it's been a couple years since I really touched Python but it's about time that started to become the case, finally.
Gavin Ralston
28,770 PointsGavin Ralston
28,770 PointsThis might be better tagged with Python instead of General, if anyone wanted to switch it.