The Book Depository Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz
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Description: Python Pocket Reference : Paperback : O' Reilly Media : 9781449357016 : 1449357016 : 31 Mar 2014 : Updated for both Python 3.4 and 2.7, this convenient pocket guide is the perfect on-the-job quick reference. You'll find concise, need-to-know information on Python types and statements, special method names, built-in functions and exceptions, commonly used standard library modules, and other prominent Python tools. The Book Depository Python Pocket Reference by Mark Lutz - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Product ID: 9781449357016
MPN: 1449357016
GTIN: 9781449357016
Author: O'Brian
Rating: 5
Review: Good pocket guide, it does not cover everything so you will still need to use good ole Google. But is a good guide worth having.
Author: Joe Collins
Rating: 1
Review: Absolute Garbage. Badly organized and missing basic stuff. Poorly indexed. Poor contents listing. Lack of any page headers whatsoever. So there's nothing "convenient" about this book except it's physical size. But if you can't find any relevant info, then what's the point? For example: I want to read about the "partition" string method. I look for "partition" in the index - it's not there. I look in the "Contents" - it's not there either. Where do I find it? Listed under Specific Built-in Types>String Methods. What do I find? Simply the word "S.partition(sep)" on page 36 with no further explanation. Nothing. So how is that supposed to help anyone learn anything about how partition() works? It's pointless. Another example: Page 72 under "Variables" is says "See Atomic Terms and Dynamic Typing" - no page number reference - no hint of where to find "Atomic Terms and Dynamic Typing". It's not listed in the index or the contents. This type of anonymous redirection to "See this... or... see that..." is repeated countless times". Absolutely useless. Straight away you can see this book is a total waste of paper and ink. There''s no page headers to direct you towards the material you're trying to find. Why? Because the material you want probably isn't even anywhere to be found. This book is like a mini version of Lutz's useless 1500 page "Learning Python" - both are absolute Garbage as far as I'm concerned. It's seems the publishers O'Reilly truly don't have a clue.
