Think Python, 3rd Edition
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Think Python, 3rd Edition
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#2So excited to see this coming! When we used Jupyter Notebooks to publish Practical Deep Learning for Coders, we discussed with Allen the idea of doing the same for some of his books.
Now it's actually happening. :D Even better, he's taken it further by adding cool tools such as a Jupyter-based turtle that shows inline graphics in the notebooks. I strongly suspect this will turn out to be the best way to learn Python programming when it's released.
Oh and I just remembered, we even showed a proof-of-concept of converting some of the 2nd edition of this book into nbdev notebooks: https://github.com/fastai/nbdev_cards/blob/master/01_deck.ip... . That notebook is rendered as this HTML: https://fastai.github.io/nbdev_cards/deck.html
Re: Think Python, 3rd Edition
#3What luck! I just started mentoring someone in Python, and I am a huge fan of Downey. Truly an outstanding educator and renaissance man.
Will definitely keep my eye on this.
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#4I had read the second edition when I was still relatively new to Python. I even spent a few weeks trying to translate the book to Ruby. Found it a great experience, especially the friendly prose and excellent exercises.
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#5This book gets overlooked in favor of other ones such as Python Crash Course but I really enjoyed reading through Think Python 2e and will read through this version as well. Check out the rest of his books on Green Tea Press.
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#6Tangential, is there a book to learn typing? I feel I need a hefty book to learn typing. Don't mind if you recommend a Typescript book or other language with similar concepts.
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#7Tangential, is there a book to learn typing? I feel I need a hefty book to learn typing. Don't mind if you recommend a Typescript book or other language with similar concepts.
https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/tapl/
This is a comprehensive resource that I use as a reference. Happy reading!
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#8Tangential, is there a book to learn typing? I feel I need a hefty book to learn typing. Don't mind if you recommend a Typescript book or other language with similar concepts.
That is a big topic. Learning typing in Go will be easier than Typescript which is orders more sophisticated. In Typescript you can solve Sudoku in the type system! Then there is the theory of type systems. But if it is the day to day just use it, it will make sense. You are just describing what the type of something will be in code rather than let it be figured out at runtime.
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#9Tangential, is there a book to learn typing? I feel I need a hefty book to learn typing. Don't mind if you recommend a Typescript book or other language with similar concepts.
Haskell might be a fun if indirect way to learn more about a type system. It’s a neat middle between academic typing systems and a language you can do real stuff with.
Typescript might be nice because of how it’s a gradual typing system, just try and do a bit more and more with it as you go.
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#10This book gets overlooked in favor of other ones such as Python Crash Course but I really enjoyed reading through Think Python 2e and will read through this version as well. Check out the rest of his books on Green Tea Press.
I also like PCC. What do you think the pros and cons are of PCC v. TP3e? They are really two different types of books in terms of pedagogy.