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Anyone have experience with either of these books

Programming Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158118.do

and

Learning Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do

Not sure where I fall with these books in terms of skill and knowledge. Looking through the table of contents for Learning Python I recognize everything and know what they are, but don't have a great masterful grasp of most of the stuff but I am afraid too much of it will be stuff I already know. On the flip side, Programming Python might be too advanced for me.

EDIT Seems Programming Python is mainly geared towards Python 3.x but I'm still using 2.6.

mapleoin · 2012-02-01 · Original thread
I don't think that's a reasonable excuse. Mark Lutz's Learning Python does a very good comparison of a lot the features in the language as they are implemented in both python 2.6 and 3.x. That book was released in September 2009: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do

Edit: Actually, while reading one of the sample chapters it becomes apparent that this book is more of a general introduction to programming than a book about learning Python. I also noticed that there are a few notes sprinkled here and there about changes in python 3.0. So I withdraw my previous criticism.

Also: kudos for getting the SouthPark reference about the rectal probe in there :)

kroger · 2010-07-01 · Original thread
The (small) kindle reads PDF files, but usually the font is too small to read comfortably. With the new firmware upgrade one can resize pdfs, but I'm not sure if I want to read a programming book this way.

I think the best way is to convert the PDF to the Mobi format with the free mobipocket creator:

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/downloadsoft/productdetailscrea...

The conversion works pretty well and if you have patience you can even generate things like table of contents and proper metadata.

Edit: you may also know that oreilly sells an ebook "package" with books in the following formats: Android, Mobi, PDF, ePub. For example:

http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596158071/

(I'm not affiliated with oreilly in any way)