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"The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
(Mark Twain)

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"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written."
(Oscar Wilde)

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"I think it is good that books still exist, but they do make me sleepy."
(Frank Zappa)

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Advantages of Python

• Easy and fast to learn
• Simple to get support
• Python's syntax is clear and readable
• Fast to Code, i.e. it is easier and faster to code a problem in Python than in C, C++ or Java, just to mention a few other languages
• Python is portable, i.e. it runs on multiple platforms and systems, like e.g. Linux and Microsoft Windows
• Object oriented
• It's trendy, i.e more and more successful companies switch to Python, like Google did a long time ago.

Python Books: Learning Python, Mark Lutz

The Blurb

Google and YouTube use Python because it's highly adaptable, easy to maintain, and allows for rapid development. If you want to write high-quality, efficient code that's easily integrated with other languages and tools, this hands-on book will help you be productive with Python quickly -- whether you're new to programming or just new to Python. It's an easy-to-follow self-paced tutorial, based on author and Python expert Mark Lutz's popular training course.

Each chapter contains a stand-alone lesson on a key component of the language, and includes a unique Test Your Knowledge section with practical exercises and quizzes, so you can practice new skills and test your understanding as you go. You'll find lots of annotated examples and illustrations to help you get started with Python 3.0.

• Learn about Python's major built-in object types, such as numbers, lists, and dictionaries
• Create and process objects using Python statements, and learn Python's general syntax model
• Structure and reuse code using functions, Python's basic procedural tool
• Learn about Python modules: packages of statements, functions, and other tools, organized into larger components
• Discover Python's object-oriented programming tool for structuring code
• Learn about the exception-handling model, and development tools for writing larger programs
• Explore advanced Python tools including decorators, descriptors, metaclasses, and Unicode processing

Details

Title: Learning Python, 4th Edition
By: Mark Lutz
Publisher: O'Reilly Media
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online

Print: October 2009
Ebook: September 2009 Pages: 1216
Print ISBN: 978-0-596-15806-4
ISBN 10: 0-596-15806-8
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-596-80598-2
ISBN 10: 0-596-80598-5

About the Author

Mark Lutz is the world leader in Python training, the author of Python's earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python community since 1992. He has been a software developer for 25 years, and is the author of O'Reilly's Programming Python, 3rd Edition and Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition.