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Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 10:32 AM UTC

pknerd wrote: post #70

mhurron wrote: post #16

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Thank you for making the PDF available.

Link pls?

[Here is the link](http://readthedocs.org/projects/intermediatepythongithubio/d...). :) Cheers!

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 10:46 AM UTC

sateesh wrote: post #68

I see that that the book has a section on usage of For-Else construct. Personally I found this construct to be confusing, and avoid its usage as one can achieve the same by setting a flag (say). Is this construct much used ?

No. It is not used widely. AFAIK.

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by sateesh » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 11:28 AM UTC

yasoob wrote: post #72

sateesh wrote: post #68

I see that that the book has a section on usage of For-Else construct. Personally I found this construct to be confusing, and avoid its usage as one can achieve the same by setting a flag (say). Is this construct much used ?

No. It is not used widely. AFAIK.

Then probably it might be a good idea to add a note about avoiding its usage in your book. Thanks for the book and making it available for free.

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by epalmer » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 12:04 PM UTC

yasoob wrote: post #5

Hi guys! I am the author of this book. Thanks heyalexej for posting this here. If there is anything I can help you guys with then kindly let me know. :)

I get to program python maybe 300 hrs a year. And I love every minutes. But there are times that I wonder if I'm doing it in an idiomatic way. There are a lot of good resources out there on python but this one has helped me a lot in my first 30 minutes of reading it.

Thank You!!!!

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by peter_l_downs » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 1:26 PM UTC

damon_c wrote: post #36

snurk wrote: post #33

Shit, what I need is "How to publish a package to PyPi in 3 easy steps." I go around and round with the Python Packaging Authority's documentation.

I learned from this: http://peterdowns.com/posts/first-time-with-pypi.html Not bad.

Thanks! If you have any suggestions / feedback I'd be happy to hear it – I've been planning on updating the post sometime soon to show how to upload wheels and in general just clean up the language and approach.

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 7:59 PM UTC

epalmer wrote: post #74

yasoob wrote: post #5

Hi guys! I am the author of this book. Thanks heyalexej for posting this here. If there is anything I can help you guys with then kindly let me know. :)

I get to program python maybe 300 hrs a year. And I love every minutes. But there are times that I wonder if I'm doing it in an idiomatic way. There are a lot of good resources out there on python but this one has helped me a lot in my first 30 minutes of reading it. Thank You!!!!

I am really happy that it helped! :)

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 10:35 PM UTC

You guys can donate me if you want to by buying the donation version of Intermediate Python from [@gumroad](https://gumroad.com/l/intermediate_python) :)

It is only for $10 but if you want to pay less then kindly let me know (pm) and I can give you a custom link.

Cheers!

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Tue, Aug 18, 2015, 10:36 PM UTC

iheartmemcache wrote: post #6

yasoob wrote: post #4

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That is totally different from my book :) I haven't read it so I can not tell how much different it is from mine. Perhaps you can tell if you have read it?

I was right about to buy it, completely blind, based on the similar title, because a good deed deserves a good deed: I support anyone who gives their book away for free online and offers a hard-copy (Learn You a Haskell, I'm looking at you) for purchase. Let me know if you have an Amazon affiliate link, tipjar, or need help with any projects. Edit: whoa, at least 5 redditors had the same "do you have a paypal?" senti…

You guys can donate me if you want to by buying the donation version of Intermediate Python from [@gumroad](https://gumroad.com/l/intermediate_python) :)

It is only for $10 but if you want to pay less then kindly let me know (pm) and I can give you a custom link.

Cheers!

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by Bentenitis » Wed, Aug 19, 2015, 11:34 AM UTC

yasoob wrote: post #5

Hi guys! I am the author of this book. Thanks heyalexej for posting this here. If there is anything I can help you guys with then kindly let me know. :)

Would be cool to see you demonstrating some of the tips in a livestream on Livecoding.tv.

Re: Intermediate Python

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Post by yasoob » Thu, Aug 20, 2015, 6:01 PM UTC

c4obi wrote: post #67

heyalexej wrote: post #3

From related Reddit thread[0]: Note: This is not related with that paid "intermediate Python" book in any way. I became aware of it today. I had been using this name internally for a couple of months. If the author of paid "Intermediate Python" has any issue with this I would be more than happy to change the name of my book because he definitely beated me to the finish line. :) [0] http://redd.it/3hbb46

A little correction here; intermediate python on leanpub is absolutely free.

Hey! I am sorry. I realized that just now after reading your comment. :)