Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-19 Thread Lou Pecora
In article 7xr5ei1p2j@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote: Lou Pecora pec...@anvil.nrl.navy.mil writes: I'll jump in and recommend the book Python in a Nutshell by Martelli. It's encyclopedic. Indeed. I hope Martelli updates it. I'd buy another copy

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-19 Thread Steve Holden
On 11/19/2010 10:55 AM, Lou Pecora wrote: In article 7xr5ei1p2j@ruckus.brouhaha.com, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote: Lou Pecora pec...@anvil.nrl.navy.mil writes: I'll jump in and recommend the book Python in a Nutshell by Martelli. It's encyclopedic. Indeed. I hope

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-18 Thread Tomasz Rola
On Sun, 14 Nov 2010, Paul Rubin wrote: Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com writes: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). 1. Read the tutorial http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ 2. Start

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-18 Thread Lou Pecora
In article mailman.1048.1289936253.2218.python-l...@python.org, Steve Holden st...@holdenweb.com wrote: On 11/16/2010 2:22 PM, Lou Pecora wrote: I'll jump in and recommend the book Python in a Nutshell by Martelli. It may be a little dated now, but it covers many Python topics in good

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-18 Thread brf256
+2 I also agree. - Braden Faulkner -Original Message- From: Lou Pecora pec...@anvil.nrl.navy.mil Sender: python-list-bounces+brf256=gmail@python.org Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:05:59 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: What was your strategy? In article mailman

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-18 Thread Paul Rubin
Lou Pecora pec...@anvil.nrl.navy.mil writes: I'll jump in and recommend the book Python in a Nutshell by Martelli. It's encyclopedic. Indeed. I hope Martelli updates it. I'd buy another copy right away. It's a great book but not a starting point for beginners. It's definitely worth

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-16 Thread Lou Pecora
In article mailman.1013.1289791781.2218.python-l...@python.org, Dennis Lee Bieber wlfr...@ix.netcom.com wrote: On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 16:32:24 -0600, Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-16 Thread Steve Holden
On 11/16/2010 2:22 PM, Lou Pecora wrote: I'll jump in and recommend the book Python in a Nutshell by Martelli. It may be a little dated now, but it covers many Python topics in good detail without becoming a bloated reference. Nicely written. It's still the first book I reach for after 6

RE: What was your strategy?

2010-11-16 Thread Sells, Fred
-bounces+frsells=adventistcare@python.org] On Behalf Of Jorge Biquez Sent: Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:32 PM To: python-list@python.org Subject: What was your strategy? Hello all. Quick question. I know some of you are with Python since started, some other maybe later. I was wondering if you can

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-15 Thread brf256
I used a non programmers tutorial to python by Josh coglatti. Its a free wikibook too. Then I carried on to the guide to python. Hope this helps and good luck! - Braden Faulkner - Braden Faulkner -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-15 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2010-11-15, Paul Rubin no.em...@nospam.invalid wrote: Python is a pretty easy language if you have a reasonable programming background when you first start with it. I think the way it's currently organized, it may not be so great for self-study if you're not already a programmer. The way

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-15 Thread John Nagle
On 11/14/2010 2:59 PM, Seebs wrote: On 2010-11-14, Jorge Biquezjbiq...@icsmx.com wrote: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I mean did you use special books, special sites, a plan to

What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread Jorge Biquez
Hello all. Quick question. I know some of you are with Python since started, some other maybe later. I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I mean did you use special books, special

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread Seebs
On 2010-11-14, Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com wrote: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I mean did you use special books, special sites, a plan to learn each subject in a special

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread James Harris
On Nov 14, 10:32 pm, Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com wrote: Hello all. Quick question. I know some of you are with Python since started, some other maybe later. I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread Stef Mientki
On 14-11-2010 23:32, Jorge Biquez wrote: Hello all. Quick question. I know some of you are with Python since started, some other maybe later. I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread Ben Finney
Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com writes: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I mean did you use special books, special sites, a plan to learn each subject in a special way. I find that

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread MRAB
On 14/11/2010 23:53, Ben Finney wrote: Jorge Biquezjbiq...@icsmx.com writes: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). I mean did you use special books, special sites, a plan to learn each

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread Paul Rubin
Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com writes: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). 1. Read the tutorial http://docs.python.org/tutorial/ 2. Start writing code, and encounter various issues as

Re: What was your strategy?

2010-11-14 Thread rustom
Jorge Biquez jbiq...@icsmx.com writes: I was wondering if you can share what was the strategy you followed to master Python (Yes I know I have to work hard study and practice a lot). One of the basic mistakes that folks (kids?) studying a language do is to study *only* the language. I guess