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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 005.133 EAN: 9780471778646 ISBN: 0471778648 Label: For Dummies Manufacturer: For Dummies Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 410 Publication Date: September 14, 2006 Publisher: For Dummies Studio: For Dummies Related Items:
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Packed with critical idioms and great resources to maximize your productivity, Python For Dummies is the ultimate one-stop information guide. In a matter of minutes you’ll be familiar with Python’s building blocks, strings, dictionaries, and sets; and be on your way to writing the program that you’ve dreamed about! Average Rating:
 Rating:  - And this is good for?....I have read a couple dummies books and usually they are more of an introductory baby steps type of book. This was not the case. It feels they tried to offer more and it ended up coming across as babble. I found myself getting bored at times. I can program in Perl and I started this book knowing I might be above the topics at times. I was looking to this book as an introduction to Python. The examples given were not as good as I would have liked. Overall, I don't think the presentation ... Read More Rating: - DisappointingI agree with some of the reviewers here, it is definitely disappointing to see a bad seed among the good "... for dummies" series. I have previous experience with programming languages, although this is not my everyday task. I got interested in Python and wanted the book to guide me through the basics. After reading the first 7-8 chapters I started asking myself whether I missed something in the previous ones, as I lost track (and interest) in the book. I found the examples parsed in the chapters rather ... Read More Rating: - Not for DummiesThis is a pretty decent book for those with some previous programming experience, but is definitely not for beginners (or Dummies) to programming. The first 2 chapters contain terms and concepts that assume an existing knowledge base. Rating: - Not for Dummies, Not for AnybodyFrom the Dummies title I expected that this was for beginners. The book itself claims that it is suitable for someone who wrote a few Basic programs at one time. I wrote a few Basic programs and it is not. An example: On page 20 it starts a discussion that turns on objects. This is a somewhat advanced topic by most accounts, but the chapter that deals with objects is hundreds of pages later. This book that claims that it is suitable for beginners, claims a few pages later that it is more ... Read More Rating:  - Good transition from Visual BasicIf you have programmed at the level of Visual Basic, or perhaps Excel macros, then this book is perfect for you. It's a pleasure to read -- with its variety of visual aids. In many books, the graphics just clutter the page. Not here. The concepts pop out at you and burn themselves into your memory. I doubt you can become productive in Python any faster than with this book. 
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