<html><body><html><head></head><body><div id="compose-body-wrapper" dir="auto"><div dir="auto">While not free, I have found everything I have taken from ACloud.Guru to be top shelf (though I have taken far from all of their classes). </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You may want to look at: https://acloud.guru/learn/python-for-beginners </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Everything they do is hands on, lab style. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kevin <br><br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br></div><div dir="auto">Get <a href="https://bluemail.me/download" target="_blank">BlueMail </a>for Mac <br></div><div dir="auto"><br><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto" id="tmjah_g_1299">Bob Elzer wrote </div></div><div class="type_quote"></div><blockquote cite="mid:CANQAHVD1i26zP5c6HqzqG2bOT5YoEmq0wHC3TyQ=TmLBE-E5aA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I have so many O'Reilly books I used to lear programming and Systems. My first were Learning Perl and Perl Cookbook. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>While I haven't learned Python, I would think the Learning Python and Python Cookbook would be good books. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 6:31 PM Phil Waclawski < <a href="mailto:phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu">phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu </a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">VS Code is actually not bad (I still can't believe I'm saying this about a MS product, what is the world coming to?) I have my students use pycharm (the community version) which is also good. <div><br></div><div>There are so many books to learn from, check out packt publishing, they have a free series that you can access online, if you want to download it as a file (pdf mobi etc) or a paper book, that will cost you a bit, but not bad. </div><div><br></div><div>Phil W </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 5:57 PM AZ Pete < <a href="mailto:plug@sonoranzen.com" target="_blank">plug@sonoranzen.com </a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Calibri">Hi All, <br><br>I'm interested in learning Python and thought I'd ask the PLUG
brain trust on some recommendations for books. <br><br>My main interest in learning Python is more for data analysis
(Statistics, AI, etc), not web programming. I'm a SQL Server
DBA/Developer and recent versions of SQL Server have the ability
to run Python within the database engine as another avenue for
data analysis. I'm also interested in moving toward more data
analysis/BI roles and Python fits the bill quite well. I have 20
years of DBA experience, so I don't necessarily need beginner
level programming books. But having said that, I have no
experience with Python at all. <br><br>I've found countless video tutorials on Python (Pluralsight, EdX,
Coursera, etc.), but I still prefer book learning, especially
books that teach a concept and then give you "homework"
assignments to practice. <br><br>Any recommendation on Python books for programming (not website
stuff, though) would be very much appreciated. <br>Also, recommendations for an IDE on Windows would be appreciated.
I already use VS Code for Powershell development, so maybe that
will be ok for Python? <br><br>Thanks, <br>Peter <br><br><br></font></div>--------------------------------------------------- <br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org </a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: <br><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss </a></blockquote></div>--------------------------------------------------- <br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org </a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: <br><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss </a></blockquote></div></blockquote><blockquote cite="mid:CANQAHVD1i26zP5c6HqzqG2bOT5YoEmq0wHC3TyQ=TmLBE-E5aA@mail.gmail.com" type="cite" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I have so many O'Reilly books I used to lear programming and Systems. My first were Learning Perl and Perl Cookbook. </div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>While I haven't learned Python, I would think the Learning Python and Python Cookbook would be good books. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 6:31 PM Phil Waclawski < <a href="mailto:phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu">phil.waclawski@mesacc.edu </a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">VS Code is actually not bad (I still can't believe I'm saying this about a MS product, what is the world coming to?) I have my students use pycharm (the community version) which is also good. <div><br></div><div>There are so many books to learn from, check out packt publishing, they have a free series that you can access online, if you want to download it as a file (pdf mobi etc) or a paper book, that will cost you a bit, but not bad. </div><div><br></div><div>Phil W </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 5:57 PM AZ Pete < <a href="mailto:plug@sonoranzen.com" target="_blank">plug@sonoranzen.com </a>> wrote: <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><font face="Calibri">Hi All, <br><br>I'm interested in learning Python and thought I'd ask the PLUG
brain trust on some recommendations for books. <br><br>My main interest in learning Python is more for data analysis
(Statistics, AI, etc), not web programming. I'm a SQL Server
DBA/Developer and recent versions of SQL Server have the ability
to run Python within the database engine as another avenue for
data analysis. I'm also interested in moving toward more data
analysis/BI roles and Python fits the bill quite well. I have 20
years of DBA experience, so I don't necessarily need beginner
level programming books. But having said that, I have no
experience with Python at all. <br><br>I've found countless video tutorials on Python (Pluralsight, EdX,
Coursera, etc.), but I still prefer book learning, especially
books that teach a concept and then give you "homework"
assignments to practice. <br><br>Any recommendation on Python books for programming (not website
stuff, though) would be very much appreciated. <br>Also, recommendations for an IDE on Windows would be appreciated.
I already use VS Code for Powershell development, so maybe that
will be ok for Python? <br><br>Thanks, <br>Peter <br><br><br></font></div>--------------------------------------------------- <br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org </a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: <br><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss </a></blockquote></div>--------------------------------------------------- <br>PLUG-discuss mailing list - <a href="mailto:PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org" target="_blank">PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org </a><br>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: <br><a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss </a></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html></body></html>