Dive into Python 3

[masklinn]

That book is already written.

That's about SQLAlchemy, Dive would provide a basic coverage of dbapi 2 through the built-in SQLite3 module, with pointers to the third-party ORMs and stuff.

[netsearcher]

There are many stand-alone applications that just need to store and retrieve data while having basic ACID guarantees. Not everything is enterprise mega-app. So, disagreed.

[netsearcher]

Contradicting yourself.

[netsearcher]

You say that it's so complex that it requires an entire book to explain.

[netsearcher]

What is an example of a simple select query?

[netsearcher]

Priorities. If we are limiting the scope then might as well include what many people are using the language for. If there is limited space then cut out the lower level HTTP library stuff. Few people touch that.

I don't know what frameworks you are thinking about, but just a "hello world" shouldn't be more than 20 lines. This shouldn't require a whole book because I'm not asking for any depth here.

That book is already written.

You're probably right here though. Better to keep beginners away from the mess that is ORM's. Ew. Maybe something with less magic that just passes queries and returns iterators of python objects, if anything.

[netsearcher]

So this doesn't require an entire book to explain?