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Python Index - Python Book :
Python Annotated Archives
by Martin C. Brown, Brian Wells (Illustrator), Beth Young (Illustrator) Paperback: 722 pages Dimensions (in inches): 2.04 x 9.13 x 7.40 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing ISBN: 0072121041; Bk&Cd-Rom edition (November 10, 1999) Dr. Dobb's Journal, August 2000: ...if, like many programmers, you learn best from examples, this might actually be the best way to pick up Python. Readyl-to-use code--thousands upon thousands of lines for instant solutions--every program is introduced with a CD icon showing the corresponding file name on the CD. Annotations--following each program walk through each critical step of the program providing insight and expert tips along the way. CD-ROM containing all the code elements from the book available for immediate "drag-and-drop" use or expanded or tweaked for particular situations. From the Back Cover: The ultimate collection of streamlined code and expert techniques for Python programmers. This is the most innovative Python programming tool ever created. Develop and deploty high-performance, cross-platform applications and GUIs using this one-of-a-kind annotated warehouse of reusable Python scripts. Python Annotated Archives is filled with ready-to-run routines for Windows, UNIX, and Mac environments along with line-by-line explanations. Exploit Python's object-oriented and embeddable capabilities to manage and manipulate data, access Internet servers, send and receive e-mail, and even build a complete Web site management tool to find the gaps and chinks in your Web sites. The book also covers developing cross-platform Python applications using the Tk interface system and the development and management of Web sites using Python as both the tool and the programming language. The bonus CD-ROM contains all of the book's source code and applications, ready to be expanded and customized to meet your programming needs. Customer Reviews Reviewer: Marshall Atchison from Philadelphia, PA The examples in this book are geared for UNIX administrators, limiting its usefulness to other users. Consider this book if you are a UNIX administrator who learns best by looking at code examples, otherwise your time and money are probably best spent on another book. For examples of how to do things - Python Essential Reference is a better book. Archives is not as much a reference as it is a method of learning Python by looking at code examples and explanations of the code. Reviewer: JACKIE DELIENNE from Oceanside, CA United States Every chapter was of interest. Seeing networks and web programming and user interface from the Python perspective helped me evaluate the language as a tool for a particular project I have in mind. The CD-Rom had clear directories and quick install of the language along with the on-line tutorial and other learning aids. I found the type just the right size. Overall a comfortable read. It sold me on Python. Reviewer: Ray Leyva from Alta Loma, CA If your the kind of person that likes to read someone elses code, and the modify the hell out of it to get your job done or learn a language. Then this is DEFINITELY the book for you. If your looking for the definitive Python reference that you can carry with you and look up the more esoteric methods or rules. Then this is DEFINITELY NOT the book for you! You need to go get Python Essential Reference. I have 5 python books right now. Of the 5 I'm thinking of getting another copy to carry with me, and leave this one at work. All the rest we're helpful in getting me started, but don't get the same use day to day. Reviewer: Steven L. Salkin, Jr. from Atlanta, GA This book is filled with a vast array of errors. I began to catalog them so I could post a list on the web, but I gave up within 50 pages. The author apparently does not understand the algorithims of the code he purports to explain, and frequently his "explanations" only serve to mislead. This book should be avoided by everyone. Beginning programmers will be totally confused. Beginning python programmers will be mislead and waste a lot of time. Persons coming to python with a solid background will also find themselves wasting time, but it will be venting their frustration at the author's breezy errors and the fact that they have given him money for this work. Also the entire concept of editorial review seems to have been dismissed by this publisher. I cannot stress enough how bad this book is. I recommend going with "Learning Python" for an introduction, or "Programming Python" by Mark Lutz if you want to really get into the meat of things. This book is unacceptable at every level. |
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