Dave Beazley and myself are, at this point, waist deep into producing Python Cookbook 3rd Edition. We haven’t really taken the approach of going chapter by chapter, in order. Rather, we’ve hopped around to tackle chapters one or the other finds interesting or in-line with what either of us happens to be working with a…
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Slides, an App, a Meetup, and More On the Way
I’ve been busy. Seriously. Here’s a short dump of what I’ve been up to with links and stuff. Hopefully it’ll do until I can get back to my regular blogging routine. PICC ’11 Slides Posted I gave a Python talk at PICC ’11. If you were there, then you have a suboptimal version of the…
Book Review: Python Standard Library by Example
Quick Facts: Author: Doug Hellmann Pages: 1344 Publisher: Addison-Wesley (Developer’s Library) ETA: June 5, 2011 Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Python-Standard-Library-Example-Developers/dp/0321767349/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1307109464&sr=1-1-spell What this book says it does: From the book’s description: This book is a collection of essays and example programs demonstrating how to use more than 100 modules from Python standard library. It goes beyond the documentation…
The Makings of a Great Python Cookbook Recipe
I’ve seen some comments on Twitter, Buzz, Reddit, and elsewhere, and we’ve gotten some suggestions for recipes already via email (thanks!), and both Dave and I thought it’d be good to present a simple-to-follow ‘meta-recipe’; a recipe for making a great recipe that has a good shot at making it into the cookbook. So let’s…
Python Testing Beginner’s Guide: The Review
I try not to make a habit of reviewing technical books. I own more than my fair share of technical books, and I’ve been involved in publishing and even wrote a book myself. Most technical books, on the whole, are pretty bad. So, there’s Disclaimer 1: you know the mindset I’m starting with. I’m a…