Pro Python

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1. orliesaurusJun 2017
   Not the answer you can expect but Pro Python is a good book to start, have you read it?
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2. mapleoinMar 2012
   This looks less like a reading list and more like a lead-up to the author propping up his own book.

   He completely fails to mention any of the more advanced Python books like Expert Python Programming or Pro Python and especially Lutz's Python Programming which seems to have exactly the same type of content as he's book (general knowledge about various python libraries).

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3. frankwilesAug 2010
   I highly recommend going through Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way". Other great Python related books to pick up are:

   Pro Python by Marty Alchin Expert Python Programming by Tarek Ziadé

   If you're looking to get into web development then, I'd suggest picking up:

   Practical Django Projects Pro Django and Django 1.1 Testing and Debugging

   Hope that helps!

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4. rhizome31Mar 2012
   I wish someone would write a good book focused on more advanced aspects of the Python language: generators, metaclasses, descriptors, etc. From what I could tell from the reviews and TOC, some books such as Pro Python or Expert Python Programming seem to introduce those techniques, but it doesn't seem to be very in depth, and I don't need a book for the other topics they cover. There are a lot of blog posts about this but it's always based on toy examples, so while it's not hard to grasp how those techniques work by themselves, I fail to see how to use them in real-world projects. I'd love to read an in-depth guide on those techniques, with several examples of progressive complexity that solve real-world problems. I don't think it needs to be very long, but it probably needs to be well thought.
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