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New programmers want to write something visual; website or game maybe. I bought a physical copy of Dive into Python. Gave it up after one or two chapters and
by emmelaich 3y ago
New programmers want to write something visual; website or game maybe.
I bought a physical copy of Dive into Python. Gave it up after one or two chapters and just bought dabeaz's reference instead.
I'm not the only one with a negative reaction towards the choice of Roman numerals!
- coldtea 3y ago>New programmers want to write something visual; website or game maybe. Don't know if you're a new programmer, but command line based examples, that are neither websites nor games nor visual, are the norm in almost every programming book, including almost all Python books. This idea that Dive Into Python was somehow an exception or "quirky" because it didn't have examples of visual programs ("websites or games"), is entirely out of touch with programming books. (And of course, dabeaz's reference is a different thing altogether, and even further away from "something visual; website or game maybe").
- emmelaich 3y agoI guess not so much games/websites but something you can see yourself using. Roman numeral conversion is not one of those. Neither, for example is SICP's example of Newton-Raphson. I don't want to bang on about it. They're fine books. Just could have used an better editor or some other constructive advice to make it less niche and more relatable. FWIW I also bought Learning Python which was meh, and Python Cookbook which is directly useful.