Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 880
Publication Date: January 15, 1996
Sales Rank: 293876
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Rating:  - this book sucks
Whenever I try to look something up about Python with this book, I end up using Google. this book is *horrible*. Lutz must be the ultimate geek nerd.
Instead of things in the table of contents like "strings", "regular expressions", "maps" - you have "Here's Looking at You, Kid!" or "Roses are red, violets are blue". Does this guy put flowers in his hair and dance barefoot in a park?
Instead of short examples, he starts writing a program; you have to study it and keep reading in order ... Read More
Rating:  - Interesting, but not useful
This is not a terrible book, but I don't know what it's good for. The code examples are too long. This reminds me of the old programming tomes from the days before CD-ROMs and the Internet, where all details had to be shown in print. There is just too much code. If you find a chapter that matches exactly what you are trying to accomplish, then maybe this book is good for you. It is vastly improved in readability over the first edition, but The Python Cookbook is a much smarter purchase (even ... Read More
Rating:  - Good enough I suppose
One thing I really wish O'Reilly would have made clear on the cover is the version of Python which was current at the time of publication. In this case, it's 2.4, so if you're looking for information on things like function decorators or the new generator abilities that 2.5 brought along, you're going to be as disappointed as I was.
Aside from the fact that some of the information is dated, it's still a good overview of practical solutions to realistic problems which can be solved in ... Read More
Rating: - My biggest Python book, and my least used Python book
I bought this book a few years ago, and I think I have finally given up getting anything of use out of it. It has been with me through my entire Python learning experience, so you might think there would be a point at which I would have found it useful, even if that may not presently be the case. Unfortunately, I can say that this is easily the least useful Python book I own. In fact, out of the 6 or so Python books I own, it is the only one I wouldn't miss a bit.
It's just that it never ... Read More
Rating: - Surprisingly High Level
Programming Python by Mark Lutz was surprisingly high level. Unlike the other O'Reilly "Programming ...." books (like Programming Perl) it gives only complex examples. The reader is assumed to have considerable experience with Python to begin with. In that perspective, it is an excellent book, but it will disappoint the newcomer who expects something starting from the from ground up.
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