<http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/>
<http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/>
Any recommendations, or otherwise?
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Cheers,
Simon B,
si...@brunningonline.net,
http://www.brunningonline.net/simon/blog/
These are not books but a very good intro to programming in general
(http://hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php) and to Python basics
(http://hetland.org/python/instant-python.php).
I also liked A Byte of Python which, instead, is a full book:
http://www.byteofpython.info/
Lorenzo
and two great texts when she has covered the basics are:
If you want real (dead-tree) books, you will find Chris Fehily's Visual
Quickstart Guide recommended by others here (though it's ageing -
2002). I'm about 2/3 through and it's been great for me:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201748843/richarddooling/
And a brand new one which I just ordered: Beginning Python (Programmer
To Programmer) which despite the title has a great intro to programming
before it quickly accelerates:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0764596543/richarddooling/
Cheers,
bs
I wouldn't have thought either of those was suitable for a
non-programmer. Great for cross-trainers, yes, but neither is intended
as a programming tutorial.
I agree, I just thought that the other replies had provided more than
enough resources to cover the basics, so I was just suggesting some
material that could be used when the basics had been absorbed.
Sorry about the confusion.
Python Programming for the absolute beginner
http://premierpressbooks.com/ptr_detail.cfm?group=Programming&isbn=1%2D59200%2D073%2D8
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science
http://www.fbeedle.com/99-6.html
And the Introductory Books page in the wiki lists many:
http://wiki.python.org/moin/IntroductoryBooks
Kent