I am happy to announce that I now have all the chapters for my latest book, wxPython Cookbook, ready to be checked out. I still consider the book to be in beta mode as I need to go through each chapter and check them over as much as possible this month, but I am also […]
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I decided it would be fun to give my latest book away for free until this Wednesday, Oct 19th. So starting today, you can get Python 201: Intermediate Python free through Gumroad or Leanpub. If you go with Gumroad, then you will need to use the following offer code: 201free. Note that if you want
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I think it’s very important for teens and college students to learn how to program. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is such a crucial set of topics to learn about that I have decided to give away copies of Python 101 and Python 201: Intermediate Python to teachers and professors starting today until 11:59 p.m.
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I have decided to sponsor a contest for my second book, Python 201: Intermediate Python. I will be giving away 3 copies of my eBook bundle (PDF, EPUB and MOBI) and 2 copies of the paperback, which I will ship anywhere in the world. If you haven’t heard of my book, you may want to
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I always spend some time thinking about how I want my book’s cover to look. When I was designing the Cookbook’s cover, I thought mostly about food and chefs. I had originally thought I might have some kind of kitchen scene with mice in chef hats and a snake on the mantle. But I wanted
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My second book, Python 201: Intermediate Python (ISBN: 978-0-9960628-3-1), is now finished and officially published. You can check it out at the following locations: You can get a paperback copy through Lulu It is available as a PDF, mobi and epub via Gumroad and Leanpub Amazon Kindle The paperback will become available on Amazon and
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Several years ago, the readers of this blog asked me to take some of my articles and turn them into a cookbook on wxPython. I have finally decided to do just that. I am including over 50 recipes that I am currently editing to make them more consistent and updating them to be compatible with
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I finished up section #4 earlier this week which brings the book up to 26 chapters and a little over 200 pages. I have four more chapters planned and then a couple of updates to previous chapters. My goal is to have the book ready for proofing at the end of the month. Then I’ll
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I get asked by publishers to review books from time to time. Last month, Packt asked me if I’d be willing to review for their book, Python Projects for Kids by Jessica Ingrassellino. Frankly I tend to avoid beginning Python books now because they tend to be very similar, but I thought this one might
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Earlier this year or late 2015, Packt Publishing asked me to be technical reviewer for a book called “Modular Programming with Python” by Erik Westra. It sounded really interesting and it ended up being one of the best books I’ve read from Packt. Note that I am the sole technical reviewer of the book. I’m
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I’ve been busily working on my second book, Python 201: Intermediate Python. In part one of the book, there are 10 chapters. I recently finished up the last chapter for that part of the book. While I have some tweaks I want to do to a couple of the chapters in this part of the
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We are entering the last few days for the Kickstarter Campaign for my second book, Python 201. Since we’re almost to our stretch goal, I have added new chapters to the book. In addition to what was already covered, the book will also cover the following topics: Python’s super() descriptors (magic methods) Scope (local, global
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My artist got back to me today with a mostly done cover that I wanted to share with you all: We have 8 days left in the campaign and we’re almost to our stretch goal! Be sure to tell your friends that now’s the best time to show support for this fun book! You can
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We’re halfway through the Kickstarter campaign for my new book, Python 201 and we’re a little over halfway to my first stretch goal. If you know anyone who would like to add to their Python skills, be sure to post a link to the campaign to your social website(s) of choice. I also added a
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Over the weekend, I spent some time rearranging ideas for my latest book such that I have have four specific sections of the book. Here they are: Part I – Intermediate Modules Chapter 1 – The argparse module Chapter 2 – The collections module Chapter 3 – The contextlib module (Context Managers) Chapter 4 –
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