[ubuntu-uk] OT: Python Books

[Simos Xenitellis]

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 March 2010 18:56, Neil Perry <nperry at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello Guys,
>> Not to sure of how many programmers we've got here, but I've got some free
>> time over the next couple of weeks and would very much like to learn the
>> basics of python programming. I've had a look over at amazon and seen
>> this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginning-Python-Novice-Professional-Professionals/dp/1590599829/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1268333498&sr=8-1
>> Do you guys have any other books you could suggest (ebooks would be great -
>> as money is tight at the moment)? I'd like one that starts off with the
>> basics and builds upon that - rather then thinking I already know it, as I
>> don't,
>
> Have you seen http://diveintopython.org/
> There is a free ebook you can download. Might help you.

This book is also available in the Ubuntu repositories, as package
"diveintopython".

Once you install it, open with Firefox the page
file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/index.html
and start reading.
The examples are found in /usr/share/doc/diveintopython/examples/

Simos