That's probably the reason why I enjoyed it. The real gem in the book is that by being so vague and half hearted is that it makes you look up nearly everything in the documentation. And sure his take on Truth Tables is lame, but that doesn't really make the book terrible. While given that the authors reluctance towards Python 3 is odd, most of the criticism seems focused on the fact that "this isn't how you would really do it." Sure I wouldn't use an IO reader to process a file. I think "Dive into Python" was one of them but there were several others. The reddit thread then gave a lot of alternatives to that book. Apparently the book not only criticizes Python 3 without strong arguments but also teaches bad coding habits which is terrible. The critics pointed out about 15 reasons why not to use the book (I can't find the thread now) and so it's been removed from the suggested books to learn Python over reddit. My question is, assuming my skill level is not an issue, will my use of Python for scientific computing be limited if I decide not to use any IDE at all?Īs a sidenote I remember having read a thread on reddit about "Learn Python the hard way" and how it is a bad book. I know there are IDEs like Spyder, which are dedicated to use Python for scientific computing, but I'd prefer not having to use an IDE. I'm currently learning to code with a very simple setup (Python 2, Notepad++ and PowerShell), my lessons discourage the use of an IDE, and I'm okay with that. My goal in learning Python is to automate day-to-day (and not so day-to-day, too) stuff, and to do numerical computing as a substitute for MATLAB. And my freshman year programming course in university was a joke, so this is my first serious attempt at programming. I did some programming in Java in high school but I don't remember any of it, just the basic logic of coding. He does talk down to you at some times, but I don't mind that at all, and he encourages memorizing absurd things, but I like his minimalistic approach at programming. Hello, PF! I've recently begun learning Python the hard way (you know, the online lessons by Zed Shaw), and so far I'm doing great.
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