The first _<I>Learning Python_</I>, based on Python 1.5.  

My parts covered the core language, and drew from both an 
appendix in the first _<I>Programming Python_</I> of 
_<A HREF="1996 First Pybook.png.html">1996_</A> and my 
expanding training experiences.  There's really no better way 
to hone teaching material than to present it live to rooms 
full of users and critics.

My first 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/redirect-frank_0701.html">editor_</A> 
wanted this book for people who would find the technically heavier 
_<I>Programming_</I> too much.  He was right, of course: over the years, 
this title has been by far the best selling of my three, and it became
a de facto standard introduction to a tool that rose to the top of 
the programming-languages 
_<A HREF="https://learning-python.com/about-python.html#resources">heap_</A>.

A lot of people contributed to Python over the years, but 
this title's teaching and publicity roles made it a major 
factor behind that rise.  It's still playing that part
some three decades 
_<A HREF="…2025 LP6E Book.jpg.html">later_</A>.