Re: Friend wants to learn python
I would recommend starting with www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld . He has a particularly good way of communicating the basics of Python. Also available in a book if he needs that. PDF available from the website. www.bookpool.com has a large selection of books on Python. The "Python: How to Program" is a good choice (IMO). (I got the book & CD combo - I could have done without the CD. Basically the same as the book. Wasn't worth the extra price to me.) Awaretek does have a good list of tutorials. FYI, if your friend is really wanting to learn programming, have him/her check out www.htdp.org. Although it is scheme-language based, I think they do a great job teaching real programming principals that can be applied to Python - once you get the language down. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
EnderLocke wrote: > I have a friend who wants to learn python programming. I learned off > the internet and have never used a book to learn it. What books do you > recommend? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I have just uploaded a podcast specifically about which tutorials and books might be best for newbies to Python, depending on their background. It can be reached at http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
EnderLocke wrote: > I have a friend who wants to learn python programming. I learned off > the internet and have never used a book to learn it. What books do you > recommend? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. I've just been learning Python and used a combination of 'Python in a Nutshell, Python Cookbook and whatever I could find on the web' I also find giving yourself a *real* programming task makes you learn a lot quicker! - Stuart -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
http://www.byteofpython.info/download Wonderful book for newbie! Regards, G Blogs: http://garrythegambler.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
Hello, On 23 Jul 2005 10:24:02 -0700 Pietro Campesato wrote: > Maybe diveintopython.org can help I consider diveintopython a little bit to hard for the beginner. I really like this book, it's excellent, great thanks to Mike Pilgrim for providing us the book. I pointed a friend to Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Premier Press. He liked it, although I don't know how much Python he had learned yet. Just my 1/50 of a bigger coin in your currency ;) greets, Marek -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
Why not start with Python's standard documentation? There are Python Tutorial and Library Reference. IMHO it's the best place to start. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
EnderLocke wrote: > I have a friend who wants to learn python programming. I learned off > the internet and have never used a book to learn it. What books do you > recommend? > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. > I recommend "Learning Python 2nd Edition" by Mark Lutz & David Ascher (O'Reilly) its reasonable easy to read no "heavy language, but clear concept and examples. It does not require any previous programming experience, although being comfortable with computer terms and knowing some basic concepts of programming does make you read faster through the book. My overall conclusion was that the authors know what they are talking about and are honest in what they want to achieve. When done with that the reader has enough experience to at least know where to go further to learn more about python. -- mph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Friend wants to learn python
Maybe diveintopython.org can help -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Friend wants to learn python
I have a friend who wants to learn python programming. I learned off the internet and have never used a book to learn it. What books do you recommend? Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Friend wants to learn python
I have a friend who wants to learn python programming. I learned off the internet and have never used a book to learn it. What books do you recommend? Any suggestions would be appreciated. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
