05.11.20 11:12, Inada Naoki пише: > Since "How To" guide is not organized well, it is very tempting to > write all details in tutorial. > I have seen may pull requests which "improve" tutorial by describe > more details and make > the tutorial more perfect. > > But adding more and more information into tutorial makes it slower to > learn Python by reading tutorial. > 10+ years ago, Python is far less popular in Japan and reading > tutorial is the best way to learn Python to me. > > But now Python is popular and there are many free/paid good books and > tutorials on the Web. > Some of them would be more new user friendly than official tutorial. > Then, should official Python tutorial become detailed guide to Python? > Or should we keep new user learning Python as targeted reader?
I think the tutorial should be targeted to new Python users, which already know one or more programming languages. It should not be an introduction into programming, nor a detailed guide. I myself learned Python by just reading tutorial. Contained enough information to start coding and to understand some fundamental differences of Python from other programming languages, but not too heavy. Additional details I learned from the library reference. For advanced topics there are "How to" and the language reference. At that time (Python 2.2) it was the best tutorial that I read. Other language tutorials was either too large and formal, or spent several chapters explaining what is bits and loops. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/5RPOGC2RHTFIJO5KUTRV24NENRNYXQBF/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
