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Mark Lutz
Mark Lutz
Biography
Mark Lutz is the world leader in Python training, the author of Python's earliest and best-selling texts, and a pioneering figure in the Python community since 1992. He is also the author of O?Reilly?s
Programming Python and
Python Pocket Reference , and co-author of
Learning Python (all in 2nd or 3rd Editions). Mark began teaching Python classes in 1997, and has instructed more than 200 Python training sessions as of 2007. Mark also has BS and MS degrees in Computer Science and 25 years of software development experience.
Whenever Mark gets a break from spreading the Python word,he leads an ordinary, average life in Colorado. Mark can be reached on the web at
https://www.rmi.net/~lutz .
Articles
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When Pythons Attack Publish Date: Feb. 5, 2004
Mark Lutz, coauthor of the recently released Learning Python, 2nd Edition , offers tips, gleaned from his first-hand experience as a Python trainer, on the most
common programming and coding mistakes that new Python programmers make. For seasoned Python programmers, Mark offers tips on working with Python's larger features, such as datatypes, functions, modules, and classes.
