Instead of giving this book an opportunity to become a best-seller, the publisher let it become out of print. An unfortunate effect is that my students could not buy the book, and have to share the library copies. This book is beautifully written, enormously useful and fun to read because of authors' good sense of humor. Chapter 7: "Generating HTML" gives one of the best introductions to object orientation and dynamic...
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Awesome book, I liked Chapter 3 which instantly gets you into useful programming stuff. The book also takes you from beginner-level to advanced stuff like extending and embedding python, sort of the python equivalent of the Perl camel book (programming perl) and panther book (advanced perl programming) rolled into one. I think there's enough stuff on net programming to justify the title. The CD-ROM in my copy of the book...
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The book's title probably has been chosen to attract attention. That said, it is an excellent book. The standard book, Programming Python by Mark Lutz, may bog neophytes down.The first half of the book is an introduction to the language and the second half applications loosely connected to the Internet.The language is worth knowing, but I'd have liked a book with exercises.
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This book does an excellent job explaining how to use Python in general, including internet programming. It also includes a CD that enables the buyer to set up Python on their own system, be it Win95, Dos, Unix, etc. Unfortunately, this CD does not include a setup program. It does include some instructions for setting it up, however, this is not a straightforward process. I would recommend this book only for someone...
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This book is co-authored by the author of the Python language, and his style shows through -- to the benefit of the book. Just as in Pyhon, the book is clear, concise, and easy to read. It stresses just how enjoyable programming in Python can be. After having coded in Python for a while now, I can't agree more. I'm a MAJOR fan of C++, but now that I've found Python, my vote is split. For my work, which is cryptography,...
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