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  • S Slow Eddie

    I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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    Not specifically about Python, but I found a mixture of Stackoverflow & reference documentation to generally be the best way to learn stuff.

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    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

      Bleedin' seabird bleedin' flavour.

      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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      currentcon
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      Do you get wafers with it?

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      • S Slow Eddie

        I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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        Davyd McColl
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        Check out [Obey the Testing Goat!](https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/) which is also available for free online: [The Book](https://www.obeythetestinggoat.com/pages/book.html#toc)

        ------------------------------------------------ If you say that getting the money is the most important thing You will spend your life completely wasting your time You will be doing things you don't like doing In order to go on living That is, to go on doing things you don't like doing Which is stupid. - Alan Watts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gXTZM\_uPMY

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          Do you get wafers with it?

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          OriginalGriff
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          Course you don't get bloody wafers with it.

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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          • S Slow Eddie

            I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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            Amarnath S
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            Two free books, good ones - A Byte of Python[^] Invent with Python[^]

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            • S Slow Eddie

              I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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              RickZeeland
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              Maybe one of these: Best~books-to-learn-python-3[^]

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              • S Slow Eddie

                I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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                gervacleto
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                Python Crash Course A Hands. Great, easy and goes to the point.

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                • S Slow Eddie

                  I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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                  Reverend Jim
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                  Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition by Magnus Lie Hetland - NTNU[^]

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                  • S Slow Eddie

                    I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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                    oofalladeez343
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                    No I didn't, but then again I am an American High Schooler, I was given the FLVS(Florida Virtual School, no I am not a Florida Man, I don't live in Florida... :laugh: ) class Computer Programming. I have also used many different sites to learn, one of those being this site. W3schools https://www.w3schools.com/python/default.asp I have also used Khan Academy, CodeAcademy, and other free resources. And then if you are interested in certification, Google offers a free course. The course with certification is $49.00(USD) a month. Hope this helps Eddie. Good luck. If you got any questions let me know, just started the second semester with Lists and just got done with OOPs. :)

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      Course you don't get bloody wafers with it.

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                      How much is it?

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                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                        I think there used to be a collection of all their scripts. It may be out of print now though. Albatross!

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                        Alister Morton
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                        We used t' live in t'shoe box in t'middle o't'road ...

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                          Nobody expected that.

                          I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                          I know, anyone that is British or a fan of Monty Python... "'Tis but a scratch!"

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                            Nobody expected that.

                            I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats. His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.

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                            No one ever expects ...

                            If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.

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                            • S Slow Eddie

                              I have decided to learn Python. Those of you that use it, did you use a book to teach yourself, and if so, which one do you recommend?

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                              Matthew Dennis
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                              You might try Py4e (Python for Everyone)

                              "Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana."

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                                How much is it?

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                                currentcon
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                                Ninepence.

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                                  Ninepence.

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                                  oofalladeez343
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                                  I'll have two please.

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                                  • P PIEBALDconsult

                                    I think there used to be a collection of all their scripts. It may be out of print now though. Albatross!

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                                    oofalladeez343
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                                    ["Another Bleedin Monty Python Website" is probably what you are talking about... if not here it is anyway.](http://www.montypython.50webs.com/index.html)

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                                      We used t' live in t'shoe box in t'middle o't'road ...

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                                      oofalladeez343
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                                      Cardboard Box?

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                                        Cardboard Box?

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                                        Alister Morton
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                                        Aye. Luxury!

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                                          Aye. Luxury!

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                                          Well we had it tough. We used to have to get up out of the shoebox at twelve o'clock at night, and LICK the road clean with our tongues. We had half a handful of freezing cold gravel, worked twenty-four hours a day at the mill for fourpence every six years, and when we got home, our Dad would slice us in two with a bread knife.

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