September 25, 2003

Python Newbie

I've been thinking about Python for a while now. That's the language, not John Cleese and co.

Now I feel it's time to end the procrastination and dive in, rather than just putting my toe in the water.

Simon suggested to David that this is a good place to start.

Posted to Software Development by Keith Pitty
Comments

Well, the tutorial (which you'll find in the Python docs) is a good place to start - the Python tutor list is a good place to go when you don't understand it. ;-)

Enjoy...

Posted by: Simon Brunning at September 26, 2003 8:53 PM

Yes, I've gathered that about the tutor list on closer inspection. I had a pretty good look at the tutorial a while back but, whilst it looks good as a reference, I learn best by doing. It didn't seem to contain much in the way of exercises.

Posted by: Keith Pitty at September 26, 2003 10:48 PM

Ah, you might prefer http://diveintopython.org/ then. It pretty hands on, so perhaps you'd prefer it.

I think it introduces some things in an odd order (list comprehensions before loops, fo example), but it's very highly regarded, and as I say, it's example based.

Posted by: Simon Brunning at September 27, 2003 12:02 AM

Doh! (Smites head.) I see that you've already linked to Dive into Python.

Posted by: Simon Brunning at September 27, 2003 12:03 AM