This book is written in a helpful, practical style with numerous hands-on recipes and chapters to help you save time and effort by using Python to power ArcGIS to create shortcuts, scripts, tools, and customizations."Programming ArcGIS 10.1 with Python Cookbook" is written for GIS professionals who wish to revolutionize their ArcGIS workflow with Python. Basic Python or programming knowledge is essential(?).
This book is clearly written and is excellent for anyone with no previous knowledge of python and programming. The structure of the book is such that it helps develop the user’s skillset throughout the chapters and does it in an organized and interesting way. I would recommend this book to anyone looking to dive into python programming in the ArcGIS environment.