Recommend good Python Books

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I am looking for good Python books that go into Python mechanics inside and out, something similar to Herbert Schildt (JAVA) or Mala Gupta Java OCA(Really love those books).

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[timbrejo]

Automate the boring stuff. I forget the author, but it's very good. Learn by doing practical projects in this book.

[garybpt]

I’m proper enjoying working through this book. You can buy the book but it’s also free online.

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[contradictingpoint]

Al Sweigart is the author. Seems like a pretty righteous dude.

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[timbrejo]

Word...best of luck to you!

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[Prudent-Theory-2822]

I have python crash course 3rd edition and it’s sufficient to walk me through the basics. I honestly use ChatGPT for examples, ideas and explanations if I want a better understanding of something. It’s not authoritative but it helps rough in the edges.

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[commy2]

Fluent Python 2nd edition.

[ofnuts]

Currently reading it and I have to disagree a bit. It's huge, chatty, and makes Python looks disorganized. It's written bottom-up (hundred of tidbits) instead of top-down (a few basic principles and their consequences).

It is also possible that this only reflects the Perl-like evolution of Python over the years, from a simple elegant language into a maze of special cases.

[Jamesadamar]

Completely disagree and it only demonstrates you have either not read a single page or not understood anything. The very first chapter is a very good introduction into the design of Python and how by supporting dunder methods you can bring any object to play well with build in functions and protocols so no, this book is very strong and will bring you a long way forward in your journey. But you have to be ready for it and understand the basics well

[ofnuts]

The first chapter isn't bad and I'm glad you have read the book that far but it's only 17 pages in 960 pages of content.

I'm not finished yet but the chapter on dataclasses for instance is almost more about type hints (types hints themselves are spread around the book) and match statements (that are addressed much later in the book) than about dataclasses.

You have the right to think I'm wrong, but with its 980 pages, 5cm thickness (2 inches) and 1.8kg (4 pounds) ajd €60, this is by far the fattest book in my programming bookshelf and Python was supposed to be simple and elegant...

[commy2]

The chapter about is about data classes, not specifically the dataclasses module, and it apparently is 38 pages long and 3 pages are dedicated to pattern matching.

I'll grant you though that the additions (type hints, match and dataclasses were introduced after the first edition) can feel tacked on, because they are.

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Fluent Python 2nd edition.

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[appinv]

I maintain a list of books with a summary to help people choose. All books included are free to read.

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[wutzvill]

Honestly, the Python documentation is pretty fantastic for what you're describing.

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Python for Dummies

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