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Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)
by Zed Shaw
ISBN: 0321884914
Found in 1 comment on Hacker News
AdmiralAsshat
· 2023-01-29 ·
Original thread
I used Learn Python The Hard Way[0], given that I had gone through the author's Learn C the Hard Way previously, but I gather that Mr. Shaw is something of a controversial choice.
[0]
https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Python-Hard-Way-Introduction/dp...
[0] https://www.amazon.com/Learn-Python-Hard-Way-Introduction/dp...