Take the 2-minute tour ×  I need to learn Python (v2.7) for my
job, and looking for the best intro book for professional
programmers.  I found (via amazon) that "The Quick Python Book"
is the best, but it's for Python 3.1  I know there's a lot of
similarities in 2.7 and 3.1, and somewhere read that you can
mostly use 3.1 syntax in 2.7 as a good "future practice".  Can
someone with experience please verify that a book for learning
Python3 would still be directly applicable for 2.7?  Thank you
very much.  edit: "The Quick Python Book" is for 3.1
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the base language structure and syntax. I can understand that
books emphasizing various frameworks wouldn't be so applicable
to 2.7 and 3.0 –  JasonS Nov 19 '12 at 8:50 A Python 3 book will
lead you to type things that don't work in Python 2.7. Silly,
that. –  Don Gateley Nov 24 '12 at 4:28 add comment  3 Answers
up vote 6 down vote accepted  I'd stick with a Python 2 book
instead.  Yes, a lot of changes