Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
On Sat, May 9, 2015 7:08 PM CEST boB Stepp wrote: >On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta wrote: >> >> Hi guys, >> >> I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl >> (begginner). >> My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to >> practice. > >This question comes up quite frequently. If you have not done so >already, try searching the Tutor archives. > >If you have a good bookstore nearby that is likely to carry >programming-related books, you might just want to do some browsing and >then look at reviews online. My local Barnes & Noble (I'm in the USA.) >always has a selection of Python books. > >And of course there are tons of online resources, including tutorials >on Python's official site. As always, a search engine is your good >friend. Also, Alan Gauld (Moderator for this list.) has a good one. >Look for one of his emails; he always has a link to it in his >signature area. > >I am learning myself, and, being old-fashioned (I suppose.), I tend to >prefer hard-copy books. If you feel any degree of comfort writing Perl >scripts and programming in general, then you might jump into something >like Mark Summerfield's two book series, "Programming in Python 3, 2nd >ed." That book is goood, and even if you use Python 2 it barely matters that it's about Python 3. ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
I am on the same boat. I have tried using online sites like codeacademy and courses on courser but now I am starting with this new book called "Automate The Boring Stuff with Python". So far so good. Thank you. On Saturday, May 9, 2015 8:41 AM, acolta wrote: Hi guys, I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. Thank you in advance, Andrei ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
Thanks for sharing, will try it. Cheers, Andrei On 9 May 2015 15:45, "Nym City" wrote: > I am on the same boat. I have tried using online sites like codeacademy > and courses on courser but now I am starting with this new book called > "Automate The Boring Stuff with Python". So far so good. > Thank you. > > > > On Saturday, May 9, 2015 8:41 AM, acolta wrote: > > > > Hi guys, > > I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl > (begginner). > My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to > practice. > > Thank you in advance, > Andrei > > > ___ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
On 09/05/15 09:23, acolta wrote: I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. If you are happy writing basic shell/perl scripts then you can probably jump straight into the official Python tutor. It usually comes with Python or you can fillow it online. It only takes a few hours to go through and gets an existing programmer up to speed easily. https://docs.python.org/3.4/tutorial/ If you are more of a beginner you can try the list of tutorials (including mine!) here: https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers They are all slightly different in flavour and you will probably find one that is to your taste. Most important make sure you match the tutorial version with your Python version since there are several differences between v2 and v3 that will catch you out otherwise. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta wrote: Hi guys, I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner). My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice. I first cut my Python teeth using http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ and would highly recommend it as a starting point. The only reservation to be made is that it covers Python 2.x (probably 2.7) but not Python3 ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
Re: [Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step
On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl > (begginner). > My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to > practice. This question comes up quite frequently. If you have not done so already, try searching the Tutor archives. If you have a good bookstore nearby that is likely to carry programming-related books, you might just want to do some browsing and then look at reviews online. My local Barnes & Noble (I'm in the USA.) always has a selection of Python books. And of course there are tons of online resources, including tutorials on Python's official site. As always, a search engine is your good friend. Also, Alan Gauld (Moderator for this list.) has a good one. Look for one of his emails; he always has a link to it in his signature area. I am learning myself, and, being old-fashioned (I suppose.), I tend to prefer hard-copy books. If you feel any degree of comfort writing Perl scripts and programming in general, then you might jump into something like Mark Summerfield's two book series, "Programming in Python 3, 2nd ed." and "Python in Practice". If you want to go really deep and cover pretty much everything, then Mark Lutz has two quite thick books, "Learning Python, 5th ed." and "Programming Program, 4th ed." One nice thing about the latter two books (Besides their completeness of language coverage.) is that Lutz points out the differences between Python 2 and 3 implementations, where appropriate. But if you are really a beginner beginner and did not make it very far in writing sophisticated Perl scripts, then you might enjoy something like "Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner, 3rd ed." by Michael Dawson and "More Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner" by Jonathan S. Harbour. They both try to hold your interest and make things fun by designing only game-related programs. They both eventually use a form of the pygame module to get into graphics and audio. And for the stuff you already understand you can quickly skim through those portions. Finally, there are very knowledgeable people here willing to help you, but make certain you post your questions in a way that makes it easy for them to offer their help. Their time is very valuable and their efforts are entirely voluntary. So if you have not, please read the auto-generated email that covers how to post questions to this list, things like: Use plain text emails only; no top-posting (If you don't know what that means, search for it.); give your operating system and version of Python; think carefully about your question(s) and trim your code down to something that is self-contained and shows the exact problem you are experiencing; and, always post the *full* error report Python generates. HTH, -- boB ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
