Steve, Try this.
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ If you were at the Python.org site, and clicked on "Getting started," the first sentence says, "Are you completely new to programming?" That's you, right? ;) http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers After you learn a little bit, if you really want "case studies" then move on to the Python Cookbook, but that is pretty advanced coding. A newer book called Beginning Python http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201748843/inscape20/ comes at it with a brief intro and then gets right into actual projects, but I don't think the writing is as well done as say, Chris Fehily's Python Quickstart Guide. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201748843/inscape20/ but caution here because it is 2001, a little long in tooth but snappy writing and gobs of examples. rick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
