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.

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.

Phil W

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 5:57 PM AZ Pete <plug@sonoranzen.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I'm interested in learning Python and thought I'd ask the PLUG brain trust
> on some recommendations for books.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Any recommendation on Python books for programming (not website stuff,
> though) would be very much appreciated.
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter
>
>
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