On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Michael yaV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A little background on myself. I am a web designer so I am a Mac person. I > have taught myself HTML and flash by reading manuals and a lot of trial and > error over the last 11 years. I have always wanted to learn a language like > php, asp, .net but I never took the time to learn them. I have recently > found Python and believe this is the language that I will "hang-my-hat-on" > and learn.
I'm sure several of us come from similar backgrounds, if not so focused on HTML/flash > I don't have any formal training in any coding language but I do have the > "will" to learn. That's probably the most important part. You may find that *some* of the principles you've learned in html/flash will carry over. If you've had any experience with javascript, that will also be rather helpful. > Since my background is web, I want to learn Python and how it relates to the > web. I have been told that I need to learn and understand the basics in > "standard/general" Python before I move onto something like "django" but > really, how much Python do I need to know before I can head down the web > path? I'm sure there are several on the list who are better qualified to answer this, seeing as how I haven't even touched django ;) > Is Python a language a total beginner/tutorial reader like myself can learn > or do I need to take classes at a local college? Is their is just too much > to learn to do this on my own. I am starting to get a bit over whelmed with > all of the information I'm finding. If you took any programming classes, that would be helpful. As a great beginning resource, I'd recommend Think Python, available here: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ It's one of the sources I used in my migration to python. I'm currently still in school, and c++ is the main language they teach here so I bounce back and forth (specifically, i do c++ pertaining to school work, and sometimes for kicks I write my ~30 min c++ program in ~5 in python) > So, can anybody head me in the right direction with my endeavor? > Since I am on an intel/Mac which IDE should I be using? Which one will be > robust enough to take me through my journey? I have started with IDLE but I > have been told that it is a bare bones IDE. So, if I need to learn how to > use a IDE, I want to learn one that I will not have to discard as I become > more familiar with the Python language. I'm sure asking a question like that will get you more various answers than asking "which is your favourite food?" However, my personal preference is using vi/vim (which you should have built in on your mac, along with python). If you open a mac terminal window and type "vimtutor" at the prompt, it should start the vim tutor program. There are many programmers across various different programming languages and platforms that use vi/vim as their ide. That's my personal recommendation, and at the very least you should give a few different editors/IDEs a try to see which one fits your style/comfort zone best. HTH, Wayne -- To be considered stupid and to be told so is more painful than being called gluttonous, mendacious, violent, lascivious, lazy, cowardly: every weakness, every vice, has found its defenders, its rhetoric, its ennoblement and exaltation, but stupidity hasn't. - Primo Levi _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
