greetings walter, and welcome to the Python family! it looks like you've got your machine all set up. hopefully installing Python 3 wasn't too difficult -- users constantly have issues with their own installs clash with the Python that's pre-installed by Apple.
as far as learning Python for beginners goes, you have to decide what version to learn -- since you have both Python 2 & 3 on your system, you have a choice. if you have existing code that's written in Python 2.x, you should learn that first. if you have "no baggage," then Python 3.x is the way to go as it is the future. regardless of which you pick, you should realize: 1) once you learn one, you will learn the other as there are only seemingly minor (but backwards-incompatible differences), 2) most books and online materials are still in Python 2 although more and more Python 3 materials are becoming available. as far as books go, the best way to learn Python is by writing games. this is an approach that works both with children as well as adults. there are several excellent books that can help you with this regard: - Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners by Warren Sande and Carter Sande, Manning, - Invent your Own Computer Games with Python second edition by Al Sweigart - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist by Allen B. Downey, Jeff Elkner and Chris Meyers, Green Tea Press - Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner by Michael Dawson, Course Technology i go into a bit more detail on these as well as the books shane recommends in my "Python Reading List" article (which actually describes 3 separate reading lists): http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1849069 as far as online resources go, try these: - How to Think Like a Computer Scientist (Downey, Elkner, Meyers) http://www.openbookproject.net/thinkcs/ - Learning to Program (Gauld) http://www.alan-g.me.uk/l2p - LiveWires Python http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/home http://pythongames.weebly.com/livewires.html - Snake Wrangling for Kids (Briggs) http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html http://code.google.com/p/swfk/ - Computer Programming is Fun! (Handy) http://www.handysoftware.com/cpif/ - Karel the Robot clone: Guido van Robot http://gvr.sf.net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_van_Robot - Karel the Robot clones: RUR-PLE http://rur-ple.sf.net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUR-PLE - A Byte of Python (Swaroop) http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python - Instant Hacking: Learning to Program with Python (Hetland) http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html hope this all helps, and again, welcome to Python!! --wesley On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Walter Luna <wlun...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi everybody, my name is Walter I am a new beginner with no programing > experience. I am using OSX Lion, and successfully installed Python version 3. > I am looking for a programing guide for beginners with no programing > experience. Can you please suggest me a good one to use. Thank you. > > Walter -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "A computer never does what you want... only what you tell it." wesley chun : wescpy at gmail : @wescpy/+wescpy Python training & consulting : CyberwebConsulting.com "Core Python" books : CorePython.com Python blog: wescpy.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
