Recommend A Python Book To Me!

[XRahat2011]

Hello Dear Viewer,
I already know HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, SQL & C/C++ (I am not a master in neither but have competitive knowledge in each of them!). So learning Python won't be a pain but really I have learned all those from "lynda.com" & in 2-3 days I am starting there "Python" tutorials as well but believe me I want to be a master in Python ! So I will become a intermediate of Python soon but I want to be a master I wanna be enough able to write a program that comes in my mind easily & hence videos not gonna help me much, I wanna read books that can help me!

Sorry for poor English, my creative writing is sick!

Thanks & Best Regards,
Xeeshan Rahat.

[weekend hacker]

I have this book called "Gray Hat Python - Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers (2009)" that I have yet to read. Looked promising if not horribly advanced.
Considering the other languages you already know it might be an interesting read to play with several languages at the same time and get a better understanding of all of them.
(side note, I don't python)

[XRahat2011]

I have this book called "Gray Hat Python - Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers (2009)" that I have yet to read. Looked promising if not horribly advanced.
Considering the other languages you already know it might be an interesting read to play with several languages at the same time and get a better understanding of all of them.
(side note, I don't python)

Ohh, I have already seen it on Amazon & TBH I have ordered it already ! I was confuse, if it's good or not but now I am not because I got a new review that says it's good Thanks for the advice bro'!

But it still didn't exactly answered my question, I would still like to hear it !

[pretentious]

aren't you the guy that has been warned about the lynda sales pitches? Anyway i think i've seen reccomendations on this site for learn python the hard way so maybe that's worth checkint out too.

[XRahat2011]

aren't you the guy that has been warned about the lynda sales pitches? Anyway i think i've seen reccomendations on this site for learn python the hard way so maybe that's worth checkint out too.

Yes! But don't worry, I am a lot better now!

OK, Happy News, I have found an online version of that book for free !

Thanks for the tip, I went threw it a bit, actually a lot better than others, Thanks Bro'!

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

Thanks & Best Regards,
Xeeshan Rahat.

[sam_bwut]

I have this book called "Gray Hat Python - Python Programming for Hackers and Reverse Engineers (2009)" that I have yet to read. Looked promising if not horribly advanced.
Considering the other languages you already know it might be an interesting read to play with several languages at the same time and get a better understanding of all of them.
(side note, I don't python)

Violent Python is like a more up to date/less focused on the authors own work/ generally awesome book on using python to create tools for a varity of jobs.

par example - A multi threaded hash bruteforcer, a few auto forensics tools for beating down windows registries and some appsec tools stuff.

[Amazingred]

Grey Hat Python is pretty good. I just recently read it.

Violent Python is more comprehensive (much more) but its assumed knowledge level is a bit higher than GHP. if you're comfortable already with basic syntax and flow of programming languages Violent Python is the way to go.

I'd read them both tho.

[cinetech]

Hi there,

I have the O'Reilly bible 'Learning Python 4th edition' http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do
regurarly buyed and available in pdf to people of this community.

Just write me as private message so I can send.

[cluele55]

I know this is a fairly old thread, but just in case anyone else is looking to learn Python....

I learned Python by taking a Harvard computer science course on Ed-Ex. That is an organization made up of Harvard, MIT, and a bunch of other high rated schools that share their classes online. They have cameras set up in their classrooms, so you feel like you're in the class. Additionally, they give you all the reading material, exercises, video tutorials, etc. When you register, you actually turn in your work and in the end, you get a certificate. (This is also how I got started with C programming, through their MIT CS50 class.) It's all free too.

Anyway, I learned the basics of Python from the Harvard class and then went to Youtube and viewed some great tutorials with more real-life examples. (Gotta love modern technology...I also learned to install a car stereo from Youtube).

Now, I have a book called "Violent Python" by T.J. O'Connor, which is pretty good. It's a Python tutorial that focuses on using Python for penetration testing. It's supposed to be good for first-time learning of Python -- so I guess if you're impatient and want to jump straight in, it's good -- but I was more comfortable having learned the basics ahead of time. I have not finished the book, because I'm trying to learn a lot and read a lot all at once, but there is some great content in it.