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title = "Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer - Mahesh Venkitachalam"
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date = 2016-10-12
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "mahesh venkitachalam", "reviews", "python", "it"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22978167-python-playground):
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Python is a powerful programming language that's easy to learn and fun to play
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with. But once you've gotten a handle on the basics, what do you do next?
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{{ stars(stars=2) }}
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When I start to not get a book, one thing I ask myself is: Am I the target
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audience for this book? 'Cause, you know, I may need to reflect if the book is
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actually good for beginners instead of people who already know the topic.
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And here is the problem with this book: it does a bad job finding its target.
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The reason is simple: the code is full of violations of PEP8, something Python
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beginners should not be exposed to and something expert developers get pissed.
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Now, there is nothing wrong with your weekend projects to not follow standards
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-- that's perfectly acceptable. But when you have your code published in a
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book, you must, at least, follow the general guidelines that the community
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follows.
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But let's throw this out of the window: is the book "good"? The answer is
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mostly "well...". It's not bad, but it isn't really interesting. It is merely
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ok.
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