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[VA(rch)S]

Hi to all!
I am new to programming in python, and even though I am capable of
doing stuff in maya with it seems to me that I am now doing it in the
proper way. Most probably I am not working on a Object Oriented
Programming way.

Do you have any books to sugest in order to get a grasp on the OOP
let's say style?

Thank you all in advance!


vas

[Martin La Land Romero]

Besides from all the free stuff out there, this intro by Chad Vernon did help me a lot.

http://www.chadvernon.com/blog/resources/python-scripting-for-maya-artists/

Enjoy

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[Vasilis Papadiamantopoulos]

Thank you about the blog! It seems quite fruitful!
However, I would like to purchase a hardcopy of a textbook... It
sounds a little old fashioned but If someone has something in mind
please fell free to suggest!

Best

Vas

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[Justin]

A lot of people recommend O'Reilly books, but when I started learning
python, the guys around me told me to get this one instead:
http://www.amazon.com/Python-Chris-Fehily/dp/0201748843/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312833189&sr=1-2

This is the new edition which I have not seen yet:
http://www.amazon.com/Python-Visual-QuickStart-Guide-2nd/dp/0321585445/ref=sr_ob_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1312833189&sr=1-2

What I liked about this book is it gives you very clear and concrete
information, followed by examples. And it tells you exactly what you
need to know. For python, its alot better than the OReilly book



On Aug 8, 11:25 am, Vasilis Papadiamantopoulos

<vpapadiamantopou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Thank you about the blog! It seems quite fruitful!
> However, I would like to purchase a hardcopy of a textbook... It
> sounds a little old fashioned but If someone has something in mind
> please fell free to suggest!
>
> Best
>
> Vas
>

> On 8/6/11, Martin La Land Romero <martinmrom...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Besides from all the free stuff out there, this intro by Chad Vernon did
> > help me a lot.
>

> >http://www.chadvernon.com/blog/resources/python-scripting-for-maya-ar...

>
> > Enjoy
>
> > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 11:29 AM, VA(rch)S

> > <vpapadiamantopou...@gmail.com>wrote:

>
> >> Hi to all!
> >> I am new to programming in python, and even though I am capable of
> >> doing stuff in maya with it seems to me that I am now doing it in the
> >> proper way. Most probably I am not working on a Object Oriented
> >> Programming way.
>
> >> Do you have any books to sugest in order to get a grasp on the OOP
> >> let's say style?
>
> >> Thank you all in advance!
>
> >> vas
>
> >> --
> >> view archives:http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya
> >> change your subscription settings:
> >>http://groups.google.com/group/python_inside_maya/subscribe
>
> > --
> > Martin La Land Romero
> >www.martinromerovfx.com
> >http://martinromerovfx.blogspot.com/

> > martinmrom...@gmail.com

[kinetifex]

Here's a free online python book I found to be very helpful when I was
first learning python.

http://diveintopython.org

-Andrew

On Aug 8, 12:58 pm, Justin <justinisr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A lot of people recommend O'Reilly books, but when I started learning

> python, the guys around me told me to get this one instead:http://www.amazon.com/Python-Chris-Fehily/dp/0201748843/ref=sr_1_2?s=...
>
> This is the new edition which I have not seen yet:http://www.amazon.com/Python-Visual-QuickStart-Guide-2nd/dp/032158544...

[John Patrick]

+1 on diveintopython.  It was my first Python resource also, seems to hold my attention better than some other programming books I've read.  Hits the sweet spot of explaining just enough without belaboring the point. 
-JP

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[paul jordan]

this is a nice site and handy reference.

    http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_tuples.htm

Note that most analogies explaining OOP are far more complicated than actual OOP--so try to find an tangible example
--like a vector class, etc. good luck.

[Jason Barnidge]

These all great resources. Thanks guys!
I ran across this, 6 Free E-Books on Learning to Program with Python
> http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/03/python-is-an-increasingly-popu.php
There are also some resource links others shared in the comments
below.

This is more of an info-dump than recommendations. I haven't read
through any of them, although this one looked interesting to me.
> http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

[Vasilis Papadiamantopoulos]

Thanks guys!
I'll get a look at them and I'll post my creations.

[ling...@gmail.com]

Check this online tutorial....

http://net-informations.com/python/default.htm