This is the book that got me started with programming, so I'm grateful to Allen for it.
Think Python, 3rd Edition
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#12Tangential, 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.
Not a book, but this might help:
"Python Type Challenges" (https://github.com/laike9m/Python-Type-Challenges) — Master Python typing (type hints) with interactive online exercises
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#13Tangential, 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.
I can recommend Total Typescript by Matt Pocock, a course and a collection of tutorials. He is writing a book in public at [0] as well.
A bit more advanced, and geared towards library authors, is Type-level Typescript.[1]
[0]: https://github.com/total-typescript/total-typescript-book
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#14Related:
Think Python 2e - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35421096 - April 2023 (30 comments)
Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1586000 - Aug 2010 (9 comments)
Re: Think Python, 3rd Edition
#15Tangential, 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.
I learned it through Domain Modeling Made Functional (it uses F# though which looks the same as Ocaml).
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#16Think Python 2e changed the trajectory of my life. I took a single Java class and hated it so much I gave up on programming. A few years later as a network engineer I had a problem that seemed like it could be scripted and ended up picking up Think Python and fell in love with the language and programming in general.
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#17Think Python 2e changed the trajectory of my life. I took a single Java class and hated it so much I gave up on programming. A few years later as a network engineer I had a problem that seemed like it could be scripted and ended up picking up Think Python and fell in love with the language and programming in general.
Similar for me - I had learned some Java, Matlab, C, Perl here and there but it wasn’t until Think Python 2e that I was gripped and from there read many other books and changed my career to software.
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#18So 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…
Having code you can hide like this looks great foe documentation, I've been looking for something like this for a while.
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#19I love the Jupyter-/Colab-approach and would like to join the journey... and support the project by buying the book (although I don´t need it to follow the Colab?). But without subscribing to the OReilly-learning platform it seems that buying it on amazon is the only option, right ?
Re: Think Python, 3rd Edition
#20So 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…
I am proud of you!
I loved Think Bayes and Think Stats, but it felt a bit off when everyone else were using notebooks.
When I learn a new language with e.g. AdventOfCode, my first task is building a jupyter image for it.