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On 16 Feb 2025, at 20:59, dn via Python-list wrote:

> When stop to think about it, this is quite a request:
> don't give me what I do know,
> do give me what I don't know!

=F0=9F=98=9C

> That said, you are correct: the bulk of new publications seem to (still=
) aim at the Beginner end of the continuum (see later comments).

Yep, I threw away several beginners books in Python last week (they were =
a bit dated).

My work used to be (and still is, to a small degree) to teach programming=
 to novice students. So, I feel I can skip the basics and go on to the in=
termediate/advanced stuff.

> Over the period mentioned, Python has changed a great deal - Python 3 (=
largely) replacing Python 2 was only the most-notable!

Yep, that shift was interesting when teaching novices Python!!

> Books published in 2024 (which I may not have read from cover to cover =
- yet):
>
> Effective Python: 125 Specific Ways to
> Write Better Python, 3rd Edition
> Brett Slatkin
> Addison Wesley
>
> Hypermodern Python Tooling
> Building Reliable Workflows for an Evolving Python Ecosystem
> Claudio Jolowicz
> O'Reilly
>
> Powerful Python
> Aaron Maxwell
> O'Reilly
> - starts with generators (which you likely haven't met before)

I have done so ... to be really honest, it was when I couldn't remember h=
ow to create an iterator for a class I was writing, that I realized that =
I needed a refresher.

> it's a tremendous challenge to write a book (also involving considerabl=
e time and effort) which will return value for more than a few years - pa=
rticularly at the advanced levels!

True, I'm quite amazed that people write books since it takes such an eff=
ort with little, my guess, reward for doing it

> An alternative-approach which may take your fancy, is online courses (m=
any of which can be taken for $free). Their self-paced nature has the adv=
antage of enabling the skipping-over of repetitive content (and the repea=
ting of points which don't immediately 'sink in'). You will find many exa=
mples on Coursera* and edX*.

My plan is to find one or two books that seem suitable, when I've looked =
at those then I'm going online for the rest.

Thanks for the suggestions: I think I now have 2-3 books that I should lo=
ok into in more detail.

=3D jem