Archive for 'books'

Top 15 Python E-Books (legal & free)

I’ll not soil this posting with talk of copyrighted works and will keep it to strictly free, ebooks available to all.  These are the top 15: Dive Into Python – The original but not the best anymore.  It taught me Python so I’ve got fond memories and a special place in my heart for it. [...]

Python 3 Patterns & Idioms E-Book

I have the feeling this has been aorund a while but in case you haven’t already seen it…  It’s an e-book all about Python 3.  Not much else to say.  I guess you should go and read it.

Programming Python puts Ruby to Shame

I’ve always been a huge fan of the Pragmatic Programmers books since getting their renowned tome The Pragmatic Programmer. I have to admit it was a stunning book and so too was their “Agile Web Development with Rails”. I also jumped on the band wagon and bought myself the Programming Ruby (a.k.a. ‘Pickaxe’) book and [...]

Rails Recipes

I recently bought my copy of Rails Recipes off Amazon and have been digesting its contents ever since. So far – I’m well impressed. From the very beginning it had those differences so inherent in Pragmatic Books. Those mini innovations like the non-crease spine, the friendly narrative, etc. Well in this new Rails book they [...]