Python In Your Pocket (Pocket Reference (O'Reilly))

我是看了同事的书后才决定买一本，可以比较方便翻阅。也有kindle版，不如真书在手感觉更好！

tried to use chinese to review this book and found.that the system doesn't take it it still ask me to finish the.review ?

As someone who teaches beginning Pythonistas to learn to program, this updated edition of the Python Pocket Reference is worth keeping close at hand.

The reference covers both Python 3.4 and 2.7, and it highlights changes between the two major releases in a succinct, clear way. Yes, one can find the reference information in the freely available Python docs, but this guide earns its place in my backpack by pulling together practical tips, hints, and common gotchas when using a method or function.

I appreciate the author including a section on the tkinter GUI module and tools. It’s helpful to have the basics in a concise format for the times that I am troubleshooting a user interface for a laboratory program or helping someone create a simple status display for an application.

Though it might not be the most exciting read, the Python Pocket Reference does what it does well – a straightforward, up-to-date resource for Python 3.4 and 2.7. Its hints and common idioms may also save a programmer valuable time debugging common mistakes.

This is my first handy Python reference so I have nothing else to compare it with but the June 11, 2015, issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek is devoted to discussing computer coding and the management thereof and it states that Python has rapidly become an important computer language, even though some industries lean toward other programming languages. Banking even still used COBOL which most non banking programmers probably consider a dead computer language. You can better understand the historical context and use of computer programming languages as well as a cursory look at programing project mangement with the broad overview given in http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-paul-ford-what-is-code/ and even though I lived and worked through the key history I find it a very interesting article and the online version adds colorful interactive features.

Actualizado a la última versión de python, este libro es uno de esos que no debe faltar en la librería de ningún programador python. Una pequeña y compacta referencia que te permite aprender (o recordar) rápidamente lo que necesites para programar tu aplicación. También es muy útil para darte una idea de dónde buscar información en profundidad para solucionar el problema que tengas entre manos. Como siempre, los libros de O'Reilly son garantía de calidad y en concreto, esta serie de libros pocket es excelente.

From google translator ->
Update to the latest version of python, this book is one of those that should be present in the library of any python programmer. A small, compact reference that lets you learn (or remember) quickly as you need to program your application. It is also very useful to get an idea of where to look in depth information to solve the problem you have at hand. As always, O'Reilly books are quality assurance and in particular this series of pocket books is excellent.

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 kind 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.