Another great python book which is free and well written is "How to think like 
a computer scientist" http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ which is not as 
daunting as the title might suggest. Nicely paced with lots of great exercises.

Asa

On Aug 16, 2011, at 1:04 AM, Holger Hummel|Celluloid VFX 
<[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> there are also some lectures from MIT that might be a good starting point for 
> you:
> 
> http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/video-lectures/
> 
> 
> Holger
> 
> 
> 
> Michael Bogen wrote:
>> The Class At FXPHD is great. Michael Morehouse is really great teacher. 
>> Highly recommend it.
>> 
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:10 PM, Jud Pratt <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>    Thanks guys! I picked up the book Deke suggested and one other. If
>>    FXPHD runs the Python class next session, I'll be sure to pick it up.
>> 
>>    --Jud
>> 
>> 
>>    On Aug 13, 2011, at 1:05 PM, J Bills <[email protected]
>>    <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>>>    there's frank's vids and a nuke specific python class that FXPHD
>>>    ran (michael morehouse) that might be helpful.
>>> 
>>> 
>>>    On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Nathan Rusch
>>>    <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>        Dive into Python and a lot of messing around.
>>>                 http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html
>>>                 -Nathan
>>> 
>>>                 *From:* judp <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>        *Sent:* Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:37 AM
>>>        *To:* Nuke Users <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>        *Subject:* [Nuke-users] Learning Python for the non-novice:
>>>        Books/websites?
>>>                 Hi Everyone!
>>>                 Just wondering if y'all could recommend a book or other
>>>        learning resource for learning Python... especially if it's
>>>        oriented towards Nuke and other 'film-y' software.
>>>                 I'm not a complete novice to programming/scripting, but I
>>>        also haven't really done it in a long time... e.g. BASIC,
>>>        PASCAL, and Applescript hehe.
>>>                 I know the fundamentals of computer language structure and
>>>        logic, but do not know Python at all.
>>>                 What books would you recommend for the Nuke user?
>>>                 Thanks!
>>>        --Jud
>>>         
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