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eric93
625 PointsRecommend a book that compliments the Python course?
Hi! First off, I'm enjoying the convenience of Treehouse's Python lessons; as I am aiming for a career change into software development. I find that the course is setup conveniently, whereas, I can grind through the lessons during my work week. At the moment, I'm in the 'collections' section of the course, however, I want to feel more confident about what I've learned so far. Can anyone suggest a book that compliments this course?
Thank you in advance!
3 Answers
eric93
625 PointsThank you for the wonderful book recommendations. After much research, I've opted to use 'Automate The Boring Stuff' by Al Sweigart as my companion book. I find that it compliments what I am learning here quite well. So far, so good!
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,468 PointsThe four Python books I've been using:
- Just starting out: Learning Python 5th Ed. 2013, by Mark Lutz, O'Reilly 1600 pages
- Looking for advanced topics: Programming Python 4th Ed 2010, by Mark Lutz, O'Reilly 1632 pages
- How-to for lots of common tasks: Python Cookbook 3rd Ed. 2013, by By David Beazley, Brian K. Jones O'Reilly 706 pages
- Python Pocket Reference 5th Ed. 2014, by Mark Lutz, O'Reilly 266 pages small form factor.
Edgar Fernando Escorza
11,196 PointsFor begginers i recommend : Learn Python the hard way http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/