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are:

1. Very windows centric, spesific platform issues could have been

   
   handled isolated in one chapter.

   
   

2. Extremely "wordy" - the page count could have

   
   been cut down to the half without reducing actual content. Most of the

   
   examples are introduced in an incremental fashion, with several different

   
   script version accomplishing approximately the same thing, all printed with

   
   source code and full display of user interaction.

   
   

3. The index is close to useless. There is no way

   
   to find an example demonstrating a particular Python feature by looking up

   
   a keyword in the index.

   
   

4. There is no explanation of Python concepts, only examples,

   
   examples, examples and examples ... In my opinion the point of examples is

   
   to demonstrate a concept - however in this book the examples seem to be the

   
   most important in their own right.

   
   

5. The chapters give only a very vague indication of which python

   
   concepts will be covered - or what would you expect to find in the chapters

   
   called Larger system examples I and Larger system examples

   
   II?.

   
   

   
   Maybe the problem for me is that the book was something completely

   
   different from what I expected. A more suitable title than "Programming

   
   Python" would have been "Python Examples", "Problem solving using Python"

   
   or something like that.

   
   Instead of bying this book I would recommend "Learning Python" by the same

   
   author, which is a really good book.