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<p class="lead">Old school dev living in a 2.0 dev world</p>
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<h1 class="post-title">Python Playground: Geeky Projects for the Curious Programmer - Mahesh Venkitachalam</h1>
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2016-10-12
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<p><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22978167-python-playground">GoodReads Summary</a>:
Python is a powerful programming language that's easy to learn and fun to play
with. But once you've gotten a handle on the basics, what do you do next?</p>
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★★☆☆☆
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<p>When I start to not get a book, one thing I ask myself is: Am I the target
audience for this book? 'Cause, you know, I may need to reflect if the book is
actually good for beginners instead of people who already know the topic. </p>
<p>And here is the problem with this book: it does a bad job finding its target. </p>
<p>The reason is simple: the code is full of violations of PEP8, something Python
beginners should not be exposed to and something expert developers get pissed. </p>
<p>Now, there is nothing wrong with your weekend projects to not follow standards
-- that's perfectly acceptable. But when you have your code published in a
book, you must, at least, follow the general guidelines that the community
follows. </p>
<p>But let's throw this out of the window: is the book &quot;good&quot;? The answer is
mostly &quot;well...&quot;. It's not bad, but it isn't really interesting. It is merely
ok. </p>
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