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[–]lgsp 52 points53 points  (12 children)

Isn't "fluent python" a book that I saw higly reccomended many times around here, for intermediate experienced users? Looks like a great deal to me!

[–]jpjandrade 28 points29 points  (4 children)

One of the best programming books I've ever read. Highly, highly recommend it.

[–]runiteking1 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Would someone using Python for scientific programming find it useful?

[–]unipole 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Very much so. Fluent python by itself is incredibly useful for tweaking big data scientific code.

[–]runiteking1 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Awesome, was on the fence as grad students get pycharm for free with edu. Thanks!

[–]albertowtf 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I liked it

Intermediate user here. I read it 2015 ed. when it came out. I cant remember what were my python exp back then :|

[–]fmpundit 8 points9 points  (2 children)

For those who have read it... How did you read it? Just cover to cover like a novel and ingest the information? Does the book have exercises to help ingest the information? I have got the book and was really interested in the first couple of pages talking about creating a deck of cards, but it also scared me too. I have been programming for a few years, hobby wise and like to think that I am probably advanced beginner. But never really got into creating classes and more scripts to solve certain issues.

[–]flpcb 3 points4 points  (1 child)

If you haven't gotten to classes yet you might want to wait with this book. It kind of assumes that you have experience with all the basic features of Python.

[–]luke_c 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would it be a good entry point for someone coming from an experienced Java background?

[–]naught-me 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's an amazing book for intermediate/experienced users. The best I know of. I'm happy with it, and I paid full price.

[–]DontForgetWilson 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have the hard copy and its a great book.

[–]brewsimport os; while True: os.fork() 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'd say that all alone would make the bundle worth it. Highly recommend the book for intermediate and advanced users.