I also recommend the book "Dive Into Python" - it gets awesome reviews, and the book is under Creative Commons license, so it's free to download and distribute.
http://diveintopython.org I also have the book "Core Python Programming" which is pretty good, and has a nice way of leaping right into code so that if you have any prior knowledge, you can use it to learn faster. -Jay On Wednesday 26 January 2005 09:09 pm, Jason White wrote: > <html><div style='background-color:'><P><BR><BR></P> > <P>Greetings all, I'm new to python and thought I'd pop in here for > advice.</P> <P>I've done object oriented design and programmed in perl, > java, c++, basic, etc.</P> <P>I haven't done a lot of development, mostly > just glorified oject-oriented scripts.</P> <P>I'm curious about good > tutorial websites and books to buy.</P> > <P> </P> > <P>I also have a development question for anybody who might know. The > project I'm working on now to develop my python skills is a prgram to > script control another windows program. The program doesn't have a > published API so I'll probably need to locate memory addresses data fields > and button routines. Am I in way over my head for a Python beginner > or does anybody have any advice for where to start poking around in memory > and which python classes I should use to do so?<BR><BR><BR></P> <DIV> > <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV></DIV></div></html> _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor