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Beginning Python
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- This tutorial offers readers a thorough introduction to programming in
Python 2.4, the portable, interpreted, object-oriented programming language
that combines power with clear syntax
- Beginning programmers will quickly learn to develop robust, reliable, and
reusable Python applications for Web development, scientific applications,
and system tasks for users or administrators
- Discusses the basics of installing Python as well as the new features of
Python release 2.4, which make it easier for users to create scientific and
Web applications
- Features examples of various operating systems throughout the book, including
Linux, Mac OS X/BSD, and Windows XP
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 1 Average Customer Rating: Aug 19, 2007
Use of codeEditor Very Frustrating - Constant Syntax Errors
I'm about five chapters into this book and am very frustrated. My main cause of frustration is over the choice of editors the authors chose to use for this book - codeEditor. The book has the reader switching back-and-forth between codeEditor and shell which amounts to nothing more than confusion, especially since a good many of the examples fail to run due to syntax errors. Any newbie unfamiliar with a new language needs to have clear, specific examples which are flawless in execution and void of ambiguity. This does not happen when using codeEditor. So far, i've killed half of a Saturday trying to get my IF statements to run in codeEditor, even when I finally break down and copy the answers to the exercises verbatim from the book. I killed the other half trying to decipher exactly how to get a _doc_ function to print in codeEditor without syntax errors. Yeah, yeah - trivial little bit to get hung up on, but if it wasn't talked about in the book then surely it would not be important to know. The authors have to understand that newbies get hung up on this stuff. If they are going to spend the effort writing books for newbies, then they'd better devote more time to explaining their chosen environment. I'd have to say that there are probably better ways to learn Python than by buying this book.
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