What’s a good book about basic usage techniques and patterns in Python? (a la Effective Java/C++)
26th October 2010
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Dive into Python 3 is well worth a look: http://diveintopython3.org/
It’s a bit old now, but I really enjoyed Text Processing in Python: http://gnosis.cx/TPiP/
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