[clug-talk] Free (GDL) Book on Python.

[Dan Graham]

Great catch Simon,

I see your Python for Software Design and raise you Higher-Order Perl
by Mark Jason Dominus

http://hop.perl.plover.com/book/pdf/HigherOrderPerl.pdf

Dan ... ;-)

On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 7:23 PM,  <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
> This was mentioned on the Linux Basement Podcast.
>
> http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html
> --
> Python for Software Design is a concise introduction to software design
> using the Python programming language. Intended for people with no
> programming experience, this book starts with the most basic concepts and
> gradually adds new material. Some of the ideas students find most
> challenging, like recursion and object-oriented programming, are divided
> into a sequence of smaller steps and introduced over the course of several
> chapters.
>
> The focus is on the programming process, with special emphasis on
> debugging. The book includes a wide range of exercises, from short
> examples to substantial projects, so that students have ample opportunity
> to practice each new concept. Exercise solutions and code examples are
> available from this web site (links are in the book), along with Swampy, a
> suite of Python programs that is used in some of the exercises.
> --
>
> Paper copy is expected Feb 2009.
>
> Simon.
>
>
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