Re: Can anyone recommend a python book ?

I have a couple books that I use for reference, but I'm not much of a book person. I also like interactive tutorials and classes, so edx is my choice and highly recommended:
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-using-python-0

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On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 10:45 AM Gerald Venzl <gerald.venzl_at_oracle.com> wrote:

> I highly recommend the Python Tutorial
> <https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/index.html>, it’s really, really well
> written I find.
> Certainly helped me a lot when getting started with Python.
> It takes you nicely from “command line tool” to programming in Python, I
> found.
> If you are used to shell scripting, you will pick Python up in no time.
> I recon you need just one month to be effective, the rest comes over time
> as with all programming languages, it’s called experience :)
>
> You can download and print the PDF or other formats here:
> https://docs.python.org/3/download.html
> Then you can still read it on the couch.
>
> You may also want to remember the word “pythonic”, which is how people
> describe doing certain things by leveraging the Python principles,
> basically some syntax hacks that makes Python really easy.
>
> Last but not least you will sooner or later also (want to) come across The
> Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python! <https://docs.python-guide.org/>, which you
> can buy as a hard copy as well, if you like.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Thx,
>
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>
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>
> On Apr 17, 2019, at 14:33, Dba DBA <oracledbaquestions_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> My new job does scripting with python. I have a lot of experience with
> Shell scripting. I also learned Java/C/C++ when I was in school (back 15
> years ago). I never learned perl. I don't need an intro to programming
> book. Learning python will be somewhat painful since I have not done a lot
> of coding outside of shell and pl/sql in 15 years, however, I expect about
> 3-4 month learning curve to pick up the syntax to a half way functional
> level.
>
> There is a lot of online info, but I'd like to get a book I can sit on the
> couch and read and get away from my computer. Can anyone recommend one they
> found easy to follow?
>
> Also, can anyone recommend good python web pages? There are a lot. Any you
> really like? Any good python forums?
>
>
>

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