On 5/9/07, walterbyrd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks to all who replied. BTW: I have programmed professionally in > about a dozen different languages, and have a degree in math with a > concentration in comp sci. But, I'm new to Python. I've been reading > up, and writing a few simple programs, but I'm still a beginner.
The core Python language is fairly small, and a weekend spent with a good tutorial can teach you everything you'll need for daily tasks; similarly, the parts of Django you'll use most often can be picked up pretty quickly and without much more than basic Python knowledge. As you go forward, developing a good working knowledge of Python's standard library and some of the web-oriented third-party modules (particularly things like BeautifulSoup[1], feedparser[2] and httplib2[3], and dateutil[4] even though it's not really directed at the "web") will pay big dividends, as will exploration of some of Python's more advanced features (understanding how Django model classes work internally, for example, isn't necessary for working with Django, but if you ever want to extend the system you'll need to dig into metaprogramming and desriptors). Probably the best introduction to Python for those who already have some programming experience is Mark Pilgrim's "Dive Into Python"[5]; it goes pretty quickly and the examples move from Python basics to useful advanced topics. [1] http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/ [2] http://feedparser.org/ [3] http://bitworking.org/projects/httplib2/ [4] http://labix.org/python-dateutil [5] http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html -- "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of correct." --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
