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Python Standard Library (Nutshell Handbooks)
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Python Standard Library (Nutshell Handbooks) |
Author: Fredrik Lundh
Published: 2001-05 |
List price: $29.95
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Has been superceeded
I bought this book in 2004 when I was just starting to learn Python. I never once used it. Its not a bad book, just less useful now than in 2001.
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br /The book covers Python 2.0. Anything before 2.2 for any Python book is probably not worth the trouble in 2006 and beyond.
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br /When looking for information about a Python module I look in Alex Martelli's Nutshell book(2.2) and the go to the online Library Reference. The nutshell is good for background and examples and the Library Reference brings things up to 2.4.
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br /If I am not quite sure what I am looking for then the Python Cookbook (2nd edition) is the most help.
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br /Mark Pilgram's Dive into Python is a great, in-depth look at some of the more useful standard library modules.
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br /I hope Alex Marelli updates his Nutsehell book for 2.4.
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br /There are other good books for learning Python but the Nutshell(O'Reilly), Cookbook(O' Reilly), Library Reference(python.org), and Dive into Python(online or an Apress book) do the best job of covering the standard library,
One of the less useful books on Python, for me.
I am a relatively new programmer, who has used only Python and PHP to any significant extent, so ...pI have Python Essential Reference (1st. edition) and this book side-by-side on my shelf at work. I use Python Essential Reference and the online module documentation almost equally, and I almost never pick up this book.
Interesting, but not necessary
I was hoping for something along the lines of the book the "Standard C Library" book by P.J. Plauger. Unfortunately, this book is nowhere near as complete. Still, there are interesting and useful bits here and there, and it does serve as a decent supplement to the Python library book included in the distribution itself.
 Nice Supplemental Text
This is a nice supplemental text for the Standard Library documentation. Sometimes you find yourself puzzled as to how a module is to be used, even after reading the documentation. This book provides a little extra help in that regards by providing concise examples that point you in the right direction.pI can't give it five stars because it is a little sparse for the price. Please be warned, the book is almost all code. Don't expect a great deal of explanatory text.
Good guide but not really a reference
This book isn't really a reference for the Python standard library - David Beazley's "Python Essential Reference" probably fills that gap better - but it is a very useful guide to what the library can be used for, with a comprehensive and motivated selection of code examples.
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