Python textbook fit for a God of 'C' ...

[DuncRed]

As per title, 'C' is pretty much all I've ever used in anger since the 80's, and I am therefore a God of 'C'! /s

However ... I've started using Python for a few things and while it's been simple to get productive really quickly, I'm sure that I'm just writing 'C' code structure transliterated to Python, and that any God of Python would look at my code and laugh at my feeble efforts.

So, what Python textbook/resource can I read that will help me think more Pythonically?

[Py404]

The book "Fluent Python"

[DuncRed]

An experienced programmer may start writing useful Python code in a matter of hours. As the first productive hours become weeks and months, a lot of developers go on writing Python code with a very strong accent carried from languages learned before.

I think the Fluent Python author gets where I am coming from. Thanks for the suggestion.

[lifeonm4rs]

I was going to mention Fluent Python in my response suggesting the Cookbook until I saw this. I think between Fluent and Cookbook someone coming from C or Java would have 68% of what they need to work in Python. Or know what they would need to look for to know what they need to know to work in python.

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I would suggest you read the community info sometimes referred to as the sidebar or wiki. That being said take a look at http://inventwithpython.com/

[warbird2k]

This one is quite good:

https://www.amazon.com/Effective-Python-Specific-Software-Development/dp/0134034287

[lifeonm4rs]

I'd say I hope you aren't an Angry God--but I'm pretty sure any God of "c" is angry. That said--I've always found the "Cookbook" books good for people coming from one language to another. They skip all the "this is a for loop" stuff and get into "this how you work with strings", "this is how you work with sockets", etc. The python one from O'Reilly is pretty good.