all of this information is already on mozilla, w3, and million other places online, but this book's main strength is basically streamlining info that'all of this information is already on mozilla, w3, and million other places online, but this book's main strength is basically streamlining info that's already available and organizing it into a navigable reference for things you don't do every day (styling html forms, for instance) and i think it does that well, offering straightforward examples demonstrating relevant features. the chapter at the end focussing on the process of actually developing a website (basic demo research, wireframing, etc.) i found actually pretty helpful. it was also nice to have a bit of graphic design thrown in as well...more
fuck it. this isn't an "Introduction," which is what it says on the cover. marking it as read for now because I don't have time to torture myself withfuck it. this isn't an "Introduction," which is what it says on the cover. marking it as read for now because I don't have time to torture myself with this kind of material. maybe I'll come back to it later...more
Didn't build everything in the back of this, but I found this to be by far the most helpful resource, online or in print, on learning and implementingDidn't build everything in the back of this, but I found this to be by far the most helpful resource, online or in print, on learning and implementing Python and some popular Python modules....more
I like that it builds to building websites with Flask, which was something that I specifically wanted to know how to do. as a teaching aid, however, iI like that it builds to building websites with Flask, which was something that I specifically wanted to know how to do. as a teaching aid, however, it's seriously hamstrung by the strange ordering of Python fundamentals (compare CodeAcademy's and Python Crash Course's presentation order of more or less similar material—for instance, dictionaries aren't introduced until 140 pages in), Shaw's obnoxious tone throughout, and his borderline useless type-this-and-shut-up pedagogy.
if I had had only this book available, I think it is fair to say I would not have gotten past the point of absolute Python beginner—it requires some other sources so that you can loop back around pick up what Shaw doesn't mention in the book, although in conjunction with those other sources I mentioned, I found it to have some use...more
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