Book (pre) Announcement:

• KDP - See https://www.amazon.com/stores/Steven-Lott/author/B00HNRSLEK for my author's page.

  https://www.amazon.com/Unlearning-SQL-hammer-every-problem-ebook/dp/B0DDMFMXNW is the book.

• Google Play - See https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=23WAEAAAQBAJ. Be sure to get the 2024.08 edition; there's a previous …

See Programming Languages I've Learned (more-or-less in order) [Update].

This came up on Twitter and Fosstodon.

See https://fosstodon.org/@vpavlyshyn/109908255464181943 and https://fosstodon.org/@slott56/109908527412493172.

I omitted a few things from the list because -- well -- there are a LOT of languages.

For example, in the 90's I …

See http://books.apple.com/us/book/id1586977675

The Python Programming language is a deep topic. This book provides focused guidance on installing Python, creating virtual enivironments and using Jupyter Lab to build foundational skills in using Python. The book covers many built-in data types. There are two small case …

I know it sounds arrogant, but I don't want to share your screen to sort out a Python programming problem. I have two reasons and I think one of them is a good one.

It's both pedagogical and personal.

Personally, I'm often left breathless by demos. Watching the cursor fly …

I've received a steady flow of email on Building Skills in Python and Building Skills in OO Design .

Readers have located a number of mistakes. It's been easy to correct and republish these books on-line.

At some point, I'll have to start the Python 2.6/3.0 revisions.

See Did you ever switch from one programming language to another? A ridiculous question -- the answer is always "yes" unless you're a hobbyist.

See Programming Languages I've Learned In Order . See Programming Languages I've Learned (In Rough Order) Meme .

Here's my list.

High Scool - Early 70's

• IBM 1620 Assembler
• IBM …

I can't find the exact question -- it was something along the lines of "Why did you start with Python?" or "How did you choose Python?" It was probably one tagged with programming-languages .

For several days, I couldn't recall why or how I started looking at Python.

At first, all I …

The point, from the FAQ is to answer programming questions with people who a trusted by their peers.

Go to the Python tag to join that conversation.

Your reputation is your overall score. Every time your question (or answer) is voted up, you get 10 reputation points. Each time you're …

I'm trying to make sense of the "Voice of the Customer" as the 6σ folks term it.

I get email once in a while on my books (Programming , Python and OO Design ). The volume of mail indicates that I have a few hundred readers. I'm honored to have readers who …

Here's how it shakes out from my point of view. You could say that my bias is showing. I think, however, I have solid evidence for my opinions.

C++. Fine if you like memory management. Don't get me wrong, some people love the nitty-gritty details. Some people would prefer to …