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friend: hola friend: what do u recommend as a good introductory book on snakes friend: i mean python me: you have to tell me why you want to become a snake-charmer 1st friend: not me - a friend of mine friend: he's a software test friend: who wants to expand his skill set me: does he succeed or fail? friend: he took programming and math in college me: ...if he is a test friend: i thought a scripting language wood be good for him, since it can possibly help him with his current job as well me: "dive into python": good book, free on the web (diveintopython.org), has paper edition, covers unit testing friend: kool me: I learned python from it me: all our testers use python scripts me: for automated tests friend: yup friend: i thought it would be perfect for him me: I use it for everything that does not *require* c++
friend: help his current job and expnad his skills me: you should think about expanding your skill set too, unless you are scheming a carrer change... me: it helped me get the job I have now friend: i'm always scheming a carrer change friend: :-P friend: but i may want to expnad anyway friend: what do u recommend? friend: snaky? me: it's a very good start. it is very similar to C in the beginning, and you can get productive very quickly doing C-like programming; but as you get more comfortable/advanced very new/different/interesting/productive ways of programming open up. friend: sounds good me: It also has 'batteries included' - a ton of built-in libraries plus a ton that are easyly installed. friend: kool
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