Core Python programming

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…or books that you recommend but you never read before, I feel like this question is more tangible. Now, look at your bookshelf, what books do you have? The books I have: Core Python Programming, CSS, DHTML & AJAX, Agile Web Development with Rails, The Rails Way, The Ruby Way, SAT 2008(Zzz), Made to Stick...

A very good book is Core Python Programming by Wesley Chun. : http://www.amazon.com/Core-Python-Programming-2nd/dp/0132269... But it is not for total beginners.

…arn Java about a year or two ago. I have done OK with this, but unless you use a language in anger most days, you don't get very far. My latest attempt is Python. I like Core Python Programming 2nd edition by Wesley J. Chun. What I guess I am trying to say is, you need to work out where you want to be (successful business), and take small steps towards it. That maybe learning business stuff, and it maybe learning to hack. Whatever. Just do something that is a step towards where you want to be, and continually re-evaluate how it's going. Good luck.

I found Core Python Programming by Wesley J. Chun is the best python book so far that I requested the university library to get it (among couple other books) for my research. I started with Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional. Extremely helpful and easy to follow book, since I already have few languages in my repertoire. After you are comfortable with python and its syntax then get some python cookbooks. Good Luck