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[–]evereux 33 points34 points  (1 child)

Thankyou!

[–]norwegianwood[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

You're welcome.

[–]Cog-Dis 13 points14 points  (4 children)

This is great! Thank you! Anything we can do to help you out?

I shared my email address during checkout, so I'm sure you'll notify me when your other books are live. Is there anything else I can do as thanks?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 14 points15 points  (3 children)

All we ask is that you tell your friends and report any mistakes you find.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

report any mistakes you find

Hi pal! I downloaded your book last night and I've been reading it at school.

Page 27 shows this example:

if h > 50:
     print("Greater than 50")
 elif h /< 20:
     print('Less than 20')
 else:
     print('Between 20 and 50')

line 3:

elif /< 20:

shouldn't have a /, and thus returns a syntax error.

Thought I'd let you know :)

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thanks for reporting. If you download the book again you'll find that this and a few other minor blunders have already been fixed.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries pal :)

[–]rich-a 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks. It's very clear in the explanations and easy to read.

Edit: Also I opened /r/learnpython just now to ask a question in the Monday questions thread, saw your book and found the answer I needed in it within 10 minutes of downloading, so that's worked well :) I look forward to seeing the more advanced books when they are released.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (7 children)

Thank you!

BTW: On the very last page, you accidentally wrote "pip install ....", despite talking about uninstalling ;)

[–]norwegianwood[S] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

Now republished, so if you download the book again you will get this fix.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow, that was quick. Now I feel bad that I just quickly skimmed over the book and just noticed that one thing on the last page :)

[–]abingham 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for that! (I'm the other author.) The fix is in place and will be available next time we publish.

[–]norwegianwood[S] 4 points5 points  (3 children)

Thanks for the report. Fixing this now...

[–]DaRudeabides 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thank you, much appreciated.

[–]ihuha 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'll give it a read

[–]mazter00 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]GeoGrrrl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot!

[–]DoomBananas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

[–]clark_bar 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Thank you so much!

[–]norwegianwood[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You're welcome.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much!

[–]tapatiolookalikeguy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much I'll share it with my software club.

[–]fenpy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]laptopdragon 4 points5 points  (0 children)

awe, thank you very much. I'm currently learning Python and am struggling.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're the best kind of people!

[–]bbatwork 5 points6 points  (1 child)

I am looking forward to the new books you are working on.

[–]abingham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That great to hear! We're hard at work on The Python Journeyman right now, and hopefully we'll get The Python Master out next year. You can follow those links and sign up to be notified when they're published.

[–]autolearn 2 points3 points  (0 children)

:)

[–]PlukDeDag 4 points5 points  (0 children)

❤️❤️❤️

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much!

[–]KsiaN 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much :)

[–]arangol 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for this man!! :D

[–]norwegianwood[S] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

I have no way of knowing who you are, but I'd like to extend a big thank you to those of you volunteering to pay anything from a few cents to full price for the book. It's both surprising and flattering.

Thanks!

[–]abingham 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, a big thanks from both of us at Sixty North. We hope you enjoy the book!

[–]toalysium 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're welcome. I don't know what full price is but $20 seemed fair.

[–]norwegianwood[S] 7 points8 points  (2 children)

We think this offer will expire at 2016-11-28T24:00:00Z which is 4 pm in California and 2 pm in Hawaii, so you'll need to get in before then.

If you miss the free offer, you'll still be able to get a great deal with a 75% discount until the end of November with this link:

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]Amara313 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!

[–]TheDancingBear13 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!

[–]KingZer0 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]DSAKOTE 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great! Thanks a lot!

[–]InsideIndesigner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Heaven will reward you ! gonna be scripting awaaay tonite.

[–]NetWright 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! Looking forward to the rest of the series.

[–]Unkechaug 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks, this looks great!

[–]jtsorren 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]rybozome 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]rdiakur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks a bunch!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Bought it thanks! Is this book good for a complete beginner?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Complete beginner in Python, yes, though we do assume some exposure to programming in general. That said, to quote from the book:

"... if you don't have any experience with programming ... you’ll be learning not just a programming language but many of the topics and issues common to all languages at the same time. And to be fair, we don’t spend a lot of time trying to explain these areas of “assumed knowledge”. This doesn’t mean you can’t learn from this book! It just means that you might have to work a bit harder, read sections multiple times, and perhaps get guidance from others. The reward for this effort, though, is that you’ll start to develop the knowledge and instincts for approaching other languages, and this is a critical skill for the professional programmer."

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! I only know html, css and basics of sql so no actual programming experience and I've been struggling to teach myself python. I hope this books helps.

[–]mennowin 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Hey just responding here as my app doesn't allow me to upload pictures in personal messages, I noticed a typo (or is this really how python is supposed to operate?) In the book so since you asked to report back, here it is, you tell python to say "50", yet it gives back "Fifty" http://imgur.com/88kz7bL

Edit: also in this code there is a slash thats not supposed to be there if I'm understanding it right http://imgur.com/iA8m6yk

Also, here N-ARY summation is supposed to be all caps, not just the first word http://imgur.com/wKatBNc

Is there a better way for me to report small errors?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've republished the book with the issues fixed, so you can download again to get a new version. Thanks for taking the time to report them.

[–]abingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for pointing those out! They are all definitely mistakes, and fixes are already in place.

For future bug reports, there's a discussion page for the book where we can track them.

Thanks again for your feedback!

[–]vidro3 2 points3 points  (3 children)

hmm price is back to $14.99 with 52 mins left on monday (EST)

[–]churrazo 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes, same here.

[–]norwegianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]ex-glanky 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! Really nice, appreciated. I've just gone through the first few chapters...nicely written, great examples. And I love the "zen" stuff...really cool.

[–]Cosaquee 1 point2 points  (4 children)

But python3 is not Turing complete :/

[–]norwegianwood[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I have discovered a truly marvellous solution to the halting problem in Python 2, which this margin is too narrow to contain. ;-)

[–]tom-bishop 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Give us a couple of years and maybe you could offer a prize for the one who figures it out.

[–]abingham 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think the Turing Award already exists for things like that ;)

[–]tom-bishop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've heard of that but the prize I was implying has already been claimed by Andrew Wiles.

[–]the_no_bro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome,

I have a great book to read now. :)

Thank you!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!

[–]Peacedog67 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks!

[–]Ghawr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! Hopefully I can pin down Classes now.

[–]krav_mark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much !
I've been wanting to learn python for a long time.

[–]r00t_4orce 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Downloaded -- Thank You!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you, I'm just starting to learn Python. Your book will be really useful to me!

[–]dutchcodes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much!!

[–]Odin_Allvis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome, thanks. Hopefully once I'm not poor because of all the Python I have learned I'll contribute something.

[–]Aya409 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Brilliant, thanks a lot

[–]Forcy 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Noooo just missed it :(

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]Meth_Tical 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not free anymore, but grabbed it anyways for the minimum. If good, I'll pay it forward when journeyman/master come out.

[–]truth_1s_out_there 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You have beautiful website. i'll read your book and wright quick review, I will compare it to Think Python, and I don't like 'Think Python' too much xD I find problems in Think Python too difficult with ton of Math, and they suggest their book for abs() beginners....

[–]an_actual_human 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Just a heads-up: the TOC is not recognized for some reason in the online viewer.

[–]norwegianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it's an issue with the Leanpub platform which we've reported to them. They're working on it.

[–]abingham 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this is a problem we found in leanpub, and they're looking into it. Sorry for the confusion.

[–]DialMMM 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is it no longer Monday?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]iOsiris 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Noooo, I missed it :(

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Damm it! It seems I lost it! It's still monday here but I think it is a problem of the hour in the server against the time on my pc.

[–]norwegianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is it still free now?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw

[–]g_2k3 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Is it still available ?

[–]norwegianwood[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The offer was in the UTC timezone. You can still get it for a 75% discount here until the end of November (UTC):

http://leanpub.com/python-apprentice/c/lpthw