Reviews for Python Phrasebook

1. A bit of a tight squeeze

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, August 12th, 2009

   I had already acquire a basic understanding of python from the excellent `Beginning Python' by Magnus Lie Hetland so I though to use this work as an aide-memoire.
   However I was rather disappointed in the presentation and examples in this book. I had read previous entries in the phrasebook series, for Java and Linux, and found them well written and relevant to acquiring an insight into the topic. But in the case of the `Python phrasebook' there were numerous problems:
   - Poor formatting of the text, making it seem both padded and difficult to follow examples
   - Too much cut and paste of code snippets and even sections of the text.
   - No discussion on maths functionality or basic UI processing.
   
   On the positive side, the chapter on XML included both DOM and SAX worked examples which I found immediately relevant to project work.