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Is this a good book for someone that uses the language for quite some time, but never studied it deeply? I'm looking for something like 'Effective C++' (but fo
by mixedbit 13y ago
Is this a good book for someone that uses the language for quite some time, but never studied it deeply?
I'm looking for something like 'Effective C++' (but for Python of course): a collection of recipes and good practices that would allow an experienced programmer make a better use of the language.
- boothead 13y agoYes, absolutely. There are a multitude of hidden gems in this book.
- lambda_cube 13y agoWell, what kind of book has a collection of recipes? A cookbook, right? :-) I haven't used any edition of the Python cookbook, but I've used the Perl cookbook and it's just like you described. I have also heard and read that the O'Reilly cookbooks are known (famous even?) for being the kind of books that you described.
- gbog 13y agoMartelli's Python in a nutshell is the best I have seen on python. Not a cookbook, more of a reference, but this guy is extremely precise and rereading is always deepening my understanding of python.
- martincmartin 13y agoUnfortunately, the most recent edition only covers 2.4 & the at-the-time proposed 2.5. The best equivalent now is the language reference at python.org.