do you know any good books on scripting and python?

[ice60]

hi, i want to learn about scripting and python, i've never really learned either even though i have started learning afew times.

so, can anyone recommend a book on each - scripting and python, which will teach me the basics onward? thanks.

[ComplexNumber]

the o'reilly series is good. i recommend the python book in that series.

[gorilla]

I too wanted to have a look at Python and found an ebook that seems to be good.
also aviable as pdf
http://www.byteofpython.info/

[Anonii]

About python:

I'm currently studying this book:
http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/
Its nice, it requires some basic maths skills, but its great imo.
I didnt really like O'reilly books :/

Good Luck, anyway :]

[ago]

I like http://diveintopython.org/toc/

By the way I wrote a small sudoku solver in about 100 lines, which might be a nice project for beginners. But I suggest to try to do your sudoku solver yourself first, and then look at my script
http://agolb.blogspot.com/

[Omnios]

This is a highly rated newbie python book as seem on G4TeckTV.
http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

[Anonii]

This is a highly rated newbie python book as seem on G4TeckTV.
http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
Damn it! Couldnt find that book for online viewing, and now I started another one >: I always thought it would be a great book...


Thanks anyway!

[ice60]

thanks for the help since the same book was linked twice, i went with that -

http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/
http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

does anyone know a good bash scripting book, that's what i ment by scripting in the first post, it probably wasn't very clear, but i was hoping to get two books.

[Anonii]

There are 2 guides here:
http://www.tldp.org/guides.html

I always found tldp guides great, so you may give them a try. (They are huge :] )

[ago]

thinklikeCS is a more traditional book, it moves from programming building blocks to code. Diveintopython does the opposites, it starts from real code and explains how it works.

[argie]

I have a printed copy of Think like a Computer Scientist - Learning with Python. I like it.

I think it's GNU FreeDoc or something like that, so it should be easy to find.

[luca.b]

On this topic, anyone knows an European bookstore that sells these books? (just to make shipping bearable)