Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
On Mon, 2 Apr 2012, wesley chun wrote: greetings walter, and welcome to the Python family! snip as far as books go, the best way to learn Python is by writing games. this is an approach that works both with children as well as adults. there are several excellent books that can help you with this regard: There is another book that I didn't notice mentioned: Game Programming: The L line, the express line to learning. The book is unfortunately named because it makes no mention of Python, but it's quite a good book for learning both programming and Python... and games! Good luck and welcome to Python! -Wayne Werner ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] New to Python programing
Another resourse for learning to program is YouTube. They just had a segment on 60 Minutes about a guy who does all kinds of well regarded free courses on-line, unfortunately I can't remberber the URL. I've viewed several Stanford University programming courses, and there are many Python specific vidoes there as well. Just something else to check out. -- Frank L. Cranky Frankie Palmeri Risible Riding Raconteur Writer “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is often difficult to verify their authenticity.” - Abraham Lincoln ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
On 2012/04/03 03:50 PM, Cranky Frankie wrote: Another resourse for learning to program is YouTube. They just had a segment on 60 Minutes about a guy who does all kinds of well regarded free courses on-line, unfortunately I can't remberber the URL. I've viewed several Stanford University programming courses, and there are many Python specific vidoes there as well. Just something else to check out. Are you possibly thinking of the Khan Academy [1] ? [1] http://www.khanacademy.org/ -- Christian Witts Python Developer // ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 10:09 AM, Christian Witts cwi...@compuscan.co.za wrote: Are you possibly thinking of the Khan Academy [1] ? [1] http://www.khanacademy.org/ Yes, that was it, thanks. -- Frank L. Cranky Frankie Palmeri Risible Riding Raconteur Writer “The problem with quotes on the Internet is that it is often difficult to verify their authenticity.” - Abraham Lincoln ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
Are you possibly thinking of the Khan Academy [1] ? [1] http://www.khanacademy.org/ If you're interested in free courses, MIT also has free programming courses (done in Python) via their OpenCourseWare and will be expanding this to MITx in the near future. OpenCourseWare - Intro to Computer Science Programming (Python based) located here: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00sc-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-spring-2011/index.htm Brad ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
a couple of other sources of video learning (DISCLAIMER: the 1st is from my employer, and the 2nd is from me -- the intention is to provide alternatives not shameless self-promotion so please don't take it that way!): 1. Google offers an internal Python training class to its employees. it's a 2-day course designed to teach existing programmers how to code in Python, covering syntax, data structures, etc. (it's not deep and thorough like the course i teach publicly but it may be just what you need.) i volunteer to deliver it a couple of times a year. anyway, you can get all the course contents, exercises, and a lively delivery by my colleague Nick Parlante (recorded a few years ago) across 7 videos which span both days here: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class 2. a few years ago, i was asked to do a video version of my public course blended with material from the Core Python Programming book. the primary target audience includes existing programmers who need to learn Python (2.x 3.x) quickly and comprehensively via video lectures (as opposed to the show-me-do style of onscreen hacking -- which is *also* a viable way of learning but just not for everyone). some people prefer the lecture-style, so if you do, then you may wish to consider it. i made the mistake of not being more public about this early on, hence some of the not-so-great Amazon reviews. :P anyway, if you're interested, you can get a free video clip here: http://www.informit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=9780137143412. (the editors left some of my bleeping bloopers in the DVD, so it may be entertaining to you at my expense.) another free preview of my teaching style (if you want to learn about Python Generators) can be found at http://cyberwebconsulting.com cheers, -- wesley - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A computer never does what you want... only what you tell it. wesley chun : wescpy at gmail : @wescpy/+wescpy Python training consulting : CyberwebConsulting.com Core Python books : CorePython.com Python blog: wescpy.blogspot.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
[Tutor] New to Python programing
Hi everybody, my name is Walter I am a new beginner with no programing experience. I am using OSX Lion, and successfully installed Python version 3. I am looking for a programing guide for beginners with no programing experience. Can you please suggest me a good one to use. Thank you. Walter ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
I don't currently use Python 3 and don't recommend that you use it to learn with, mostly because the bulk of the docs and learning resources are Python 2.x focused and the two are not compatible. That said, here are some resources that you may find useful (particularly if you choose to learn using 2.x): Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/ and http://python.org/doc has a wealth of info as does http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers hope that's helpful. On Mon, 2012-04-02 at 17:03 -0700, Walter Luna wrote: Hi everybody, my name is Walter I am a new beginner with no programing experience. I am using OSX Lion, and successfully installed Python version 3. I am looking for a programing guide for beginners with no programing experience. Can you please suggest me a good one to use. Thank you. Walter ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] New to Python programing
greetings walter, and welcome to the Python family! it looks like you've got your machine all set up. hopefully installing Python 3 wasn't too difficult -- users constantly have issues with their own installs clash with the Python that's pre-installed by Apple. as far as learning Python for beginners goes, you have to decide what version to learn -- since you have both Python 2 3 on your system, you have a choice. if you have existing code that's written in Python 2.x, you should learn that first. if you have no baggage, then Python 3.x is the way to go as it is the future. regardless of which you pick, you should realize: 1) once you learn one, you will learn the other as there are only seemingly minor (but backwards-incompatible differences), 2) most books and online materials are still in Python 2 although more and more Python 3 materials are becoming available. as far as books go, the best way to learn Python is by writing games. this is an approach that works both with children as well as adults. there are several excellent books that can help you with this regard: - Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners by Warren Sande and Carter Sande, Manning, - Invent your Own Computer Games with Python second edition by Al Sweigart - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Allen B. Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers, Green Tea Press - Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Michael Dawson, Course Technology i go into a bit more detail on these as well as the books shane recommends in my Python Reading List article (which actually describes 3 separate reading lists): http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1849069 as far as online resources go, try these: - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (Downey, Elkner, Meyers) http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/ - Learning to Program (Gauld) http://www.alan-g.me.uk/l2p - LiveWires Python http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/home http://pythongames.weebly.com/livewires.html - Snake Wrangling for Kids (Briggs) http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html http://code.google.com/p/swfk/ - Computer Programming is Fun! (Handy) http://www.handysoftware.com/cpif/ - Karel the Robot clone: Guido van Robot http://gvr.sf.net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Robot - Karel the Robot clones: RUR-PLE http://rur-ple.sf.net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUR-PLE - A Byte of Python (Swaroop) http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python - Instant Hacking: Learning to Program with Python (Hetland) http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html hope this all helps, and again, welcome to Python!! --wesley On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Walter Luna wlun...@gmail.com wrote: Hi everybody, my name is Walter I am a new beginner with no programing experience. I am using OSX Lion, and successfully installed Python version 3. I am looking for a programing guide for beginners with no programing experience. Can you please suggest me a good one to use. Thank you. Walter -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A computer never does what you want... only what you tell it. wesley chun : wescpy at gmail : @wescpy/+wescpy Python training consulting : CyberwebConsulting.com Core Python books : CorePython.com Python blog: wescpy.blogspot.com ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
