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I highly recommend the intro to Functional Programming in Raku (chapter 14). https://greenteapress.com/wp/think-perl-6/
Think 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.
Think 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.
I am considering changing the trajectory of my own life, towards a more community/maker/teacher role, and I have a freelance/small business idea about teaching but I need sort of "soft syllabus" materials.
I am learning Python myself, having just never had a need for it in all of my professional web development life (I've written apps in just about every other web-focussed programming language, including Perl and Ruby).
It looks like the right language to teach general concepts in, and having a book I can draw from will help.
Think 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.
I 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 ?
https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/think-python-how-to-think...
https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Think-Python-by-Al...
(Blackwells think September, incidentally, whereas WHS think the end of July)
Amazon just list books way, way earlier in pre-order than a lot of places.
Tangential, 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.
Examples in typescript (so syntax should be familiar compared to e.g OCaml) and teaches you how to model a domain in types and how to think in terms of a type system, instead of diving into the details of how to implement one.
Tangential, 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.
If you want to understand type systems, Types and Programming Languages (https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/tapl/) is the book most people start with. If that is too advanced for you, PLAI (https://www.plai.org/) is a gentle introduction to programming language theory which includes type systems.
I know only Fluent Python which I'm currently reading, and CPython Internals.
What are some books for mid to advanced programming in Python? I already know Puthon and programming in general but want to improve my Python skills. I know only Fluent Python which I'm currently reading, and CPython Internals.
At a certain point of expertise, everything after basic journeyman familiarity, there's nothing left but to read code and write code.
I 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 ?