http://www.diveintopython.com is a *Great* start for experienced software developers. Within a weekend with that book I'd written an entire parser/decompiler when I'd never used python before that.
--michael On 9/29/07, Fred P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > I am completely new at python, but not new to programming or > scripting. I have a couple of years of LUA scripting experience, > about a year of C++ classes, and used to be very efficient at c-shell > scripting in unix. > > My question for you guys: > > 1) How do I get Started? > > 2) Recommend any specific Books? > > 3) Any online tutors/ forums that would benefit a newbie > > 4) Any online classes that teach python? I have taken online c++ > courses, and found them helpful. I was hoping to find something for > python. > > My main objective is to write scripts for the following type of > applications > File management, file copies/syncs/ compares > Text manipulation - like parsing text files to replace or augment > specific values > Integration into current applications to write redundant routines and > maybe some day plugins > > I am not even sure what else, but I do know that every time i think > of something that we need at work, other people say, "That would be a > good task for a python script" and I would eventually like to be > able to do something about that. > > Thanks > Fred > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- Michael Langford Phone: 404-386-0495 Consulting: http://www.TierOneDesign.com/ Entertaining: http://www.ThisIsYourCruiseDirectorSpeaking.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor