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On 2/16/25 05:50, Jan Erik Moström via Python-list wrote:
> I'm looking for a book that would teach me the lastest and greatest parts of Python, does anyone have any recommendations?
> 
> I've looked at python.org and pythonbooks.org but I couldn't decide which one to get.
> 
> I used to be fairly good at Python, but I haven't done any serious programming in the last 10 years or so. So I would like something that got me up-to-date with the latest features.
> 
> I don't need anything that would teach me OOP, functional programming, etc (unless there is a new feature). In other words I'm looking for something that concentrates language specific changes that has happened the last 10 years or so.
> 
> = jem

Possibly scan through the "What's New in ..." pages for Python 3, to 
give you descriptions of new stuff that you can then use as search terms 
for further research.

https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/index.html