Looking for opinion on some IT/programming e-book bundles (Packt)

I’ve had an interest in some of these subjects for a while now and others I’m familiar with but always willing to learn more but I have no idea of the level of quality of these ebooks so I’d appreciate some input. The prices are low enough that it’s an easy impulse purchase even if only one or two books per bundle pan out.

Here are the bundles I’m considering:

https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/python-bundle (at least tier 2)
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/mobile-app-development-bundle
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/cybersecurity-bundle
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/wordpress-bundle
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/command-line-bundle

Those are all over the place, topic-wise.
What is it that you actually want to learn?

Mostly mobile dev and python, I used to work as a sysadmin on Linux servers so I have some working knowledge on the other topics.

Python is an excellent choice for beginners and experienced programmers. It isn’t a “top performer” in anything, but it’s a language that’s easy to learn, fun to use, and useful in nearly every domain.

If you also have an interest in mobile apps, that mobile bundle actually looks pretty good. All major current choices for mobile dev are covered, so it seems to be a solid choice.

I wouldn’t worry about the other three, at least not for now. If you pick the Python and mobile bundles, you’ll have lots to read already. ;)

This.
As an added bonus - at least if you’re interest in game dev as well - I’d suggest looking into the Godot engine. It has a custom scripting language - which 95% similar to Python, so anyone knowing Python will feel quite at home. And of course supports mobile as well as desktop.

Yes! Godot is awesome! I just release a little game with it. I love the engine.

Sadly no, at least not at the moment :). I want to start with some light weight apps for personal use (tracking gym progress), so pretty simple stuff - spreadsheets, graphs, and profile support, nothing fancy.

But it’s been over 10 years since I did any kind of programming so I’m looking to get as much help as I can.

As you’re an ex sys admin, I would suggest starting with

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

The book is completely free in that site, but you can pay for it from other places and do udemy courses involving it etc.

If you’ve yet to start reading anything, start with this.

Thanks, I’ll check it out!