The Hitchhiker’s Guide To Python

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1. JohnBootyNov 2023
   I recently switched from Ruby->Python.

   I liked this guide as an overview for more experienced programmers: https://docs.python-guide.org/

   I thought the "Learn Enough Python to be Dangerous" book was a good intro but like many books/guides it's kind of redundant for experienced developers.

   Mostly, the big revelation has been AI tools like ChatGPT/CoPilot helping with specific syntactic drudgery like "how do i iterate over this thing" as well as bigger questions.

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2. CrypticShiftNov 2022
   All these are neither recent (they are updated though) nor AI related. Here you go :

   If you are new to dev, I like "think python"

   If you are already into programming, I personally find sifting through organized small code snippets helpful for learning a new language :

   https://github.com/jackzhenguo/python-small-examples

   https://github.com/satwikkansal/wtfpython/blob/master/README...

   https://www.30secondsofcode.org/python/p/1

   Finally, "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python" is good for everything configuration, and usage.

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3. xuesjApr 2022
   Some books I've read and think good: 1. the whirlwind tour of python 2. the Hitchhiker's guide to python 3. Writing idiomatic Python 4. Learning Python.
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4. cjohnson318Mar 2022
   There's the Hitchhiker's Guide to Python which has a lot of advice and covers best practices and/or projects over a number of big areas like web frameworks, databases, command line tools, etc.: https://docs.python-guide.org/
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5. jribJan 2022
   I always point people here for a decent write-up of some "gotchas": https://docs.python-guide.org/writing/gotchas/#mutable-defau... .

   What is your list of "these little hang ups you only know about once you’ve pulled your hair out" if you don't mind sharing?

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6. pamorosoApr 2021
   Some of the books I used are "Code with Repl.it", "Tpython 101", "Boxes", "Clean Architectures in Python", and "The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python".

   I highly recommend "Boxes: Your Second Python Book" because it's unlike any other book I've seen. It focuses on text layout algorithms and builds an increasingly advanced exmaple through successive iterations.

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