books on python programming
 

can any one recommend any good books on python programming or any programming books for newbies? i have the tutorial but would rather have a book when im not near a computer.

Leaning Python
 

Python really is one of those languages you will learn best when you *are* sat in front of a computer!

BUt, still, within the Python community, Alex Martelli's recent (i.e. very up-to-date) book "Python in a Nutshell" is very highly regarded. Of course, this is an O'Rielly publication, and it costs $24.95 US or about £25 UK. I beleive its available on Amazon.

Two more really useful resources are www.python.org and comp.lang.python. The former has loads of documentation and links, the latter is a breeding ground for Advanced Pythonistas ;-)

hth
-andyj

Re: Leaning Python
 

I'll second that.

python.org is where 99% of my python questions are answered. Their online docs are incredible. c.l.p is nice too, but I prefer #python (on freenode, oftc, ircnet, efnet, and others, connected by one relaybot) for asking for help. Of course, you can always ask specific questions here :)

I've learned so much from just reading the Python html documention offline while I chuck code at IDLE. With the interactive interpreter I can work line by line, or open and run any file of code and then start testing some functions in it. Highly recommended. :)