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[.]. I bought the book and it teaches Python 3.1 which is perfect. automatically redirects to [.]. The wording and tone Mike uses to tell you how to do something is like he is standing in front of you. The only issue or complaint i have is the website given for each of the examples to download the file does not work. I cannot find anywhere on there to download the files that Mike tells you to use. As anyone else been able to download the files that gives to use.Any help on this would be great.Jeremy
Once on the web site, the files cannot be found. Those editions included a CD with supporting software and all the programs discussed in the book. The book is excellent but all the comments before this one apply to previous editions. A phone call to their customer service was unproductive. This third edition (Jan 1, 2010) asks the book owner to connect to a web site to download the support files. The instructions to do this are incorrect as the book now has a new publisher. "Our editorial staff will contact you by e-mail". Didn't happen.
Easy to follow and fun. I have absolutely zero programming experience, and I could keep up easily with this book.
The writing is terse and easy to understand. This book is a very light and easy read. It is not like other technical books where you have to read into every single line and dig out the hidden information. Most of the book seems to be in direct speech; the author speaks to you and shows you how it is done. This makes the book tutorial-like and very suitable for beginners.
I bought this because it was a prescribed text for one of my university classes. I was suprised at how easy it is to read and stay interested in it; the author writes just as if he was standing there teaching you the programming language and he injects his own humour into it. The language itself if pretty easy, too. I wish my other textbooks were as pleasant to read as this one.
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