Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Vignesh Sathiamoorthy
Check out http://www.udacity.com/ Enroll in few courses - to begin with, check http://www.udacity.com/view#Course/cs101/CourseRev/apr2012/Unit/671001/Nugget/675002 On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Matthew Ngaha wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to Python and Programming in general. I've started out

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Jordan
I would just like to add that I am a web developer and I left PHP for Python. I left PHP because it was not as powerful server side (Cron Jobs and Such) and I wanted to possibly create desktop applications, more recently Android Apps via SL4A and IPhone Apps via pyjamas. PHP is a limited language a

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Matthew Ngaha
Thanks guys, i didnt think i would get so many kind and helpful responses. I am so grateful:x. I have read each and every reply and i am now very confident in the direction i need to take. Everything is a lot clearer now. Even though i'm new to programming, i am very intrigued by it and want to ded

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Alexandre Zani
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 5:09 AM, Matthew Ngaha wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to Python and Programming in general. I've started out with > Python for beginners, and so far so good. My friend who i might add, is not > a programmer but has had experience in the world of programming (i dont know > how muc

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Matthew Ngaha wrote: Hi all. I'm new to Python and Programming in general. I've started out with Python for beginners, and so far so good. My friend who i might add, is not a programmer but has had experience in the world of programming (i dont know how much but he claims a lot), has told me to f

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:54 AM, Wayne Werner wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2012, Walter Prins wrote: > >> Hi again Matthew, >> >> I forgot to include the following link which I originally thought to >> include, which is one guy's set of (IMHO very cogent) criticisms >> against PHP as programming lang

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Wayne Werner
On Mon, 16 Jul 2012, Walter Prins wrote: Hi again Matthew, I forgot to include the following link which I originally thought to include, which is one guy's set of (IMHO very cogent) criticisms against PHP as programming language: http://is.gd/z1POXC Hopefully it gives you something else to t

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Monte Milanuk
Probably the single biggest 'problem' with Python for web development, in my opinion, is that while a lot of web hosts have all sorts of PHP templates or frameworks installed and ready for easy deployment... Python options seem to be a bit sparser. Individual hosts may vary, but thats the overall

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Walter Prins
Hi again Matthew, I forgot to include the following link which I originally thought to include, which is one guy's set of (IMHO very cogent) criticisms against PHP as programming language: http://is.gd/z1POXC Hopefully it gives you something else to think about regarding the PHP vs Python questi

Re: [Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Walter Prins
Hi Matthew, On 16 July 2012 13:09, Matthew Ngaha wrote: > Hi all. I'm new to Python and Programming in general. I've started out with > Python for beginners, and so far so good. My friend who i might add, is not > a programmer but has had experience in the world of programming (i dont know > how

[Tutor] newbie Questions

2012-07-16 Thread Matthew Ngaha
Hi all. I'm new to Python and Programming in general. I've started out with Python for beginners, and so far so good. My friend who i might add, is not a programmer but has had experience in the world of programming (i dont know how much but he claims a lot), has told me to forget about Python and