<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><img src="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v5dpBsW4WrMfC1pgM9jN5v7nyWQFLCHW6Z--8y1k1H6H0?si=5121084446998528&pi=dcdbfc0f-032c-4c57-effa-831579cc6a8d" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v5dpBsW4WrMfC1pgM9jN5v7nyWQFLCHW6Z--8y1k1H6H0?si=5121084446998528&pi=82731cfc-6c11-4d80-d48e-2e60f8bf0fd0" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><img src="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v5dpBsW4WrMfC1pgM9jN5v7nyWQFLCHW6Z--8y1k1H6H0?si=5121084446998528&pi=7f228c89-ffc7-47a6-a0e5-49802997eac9" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Alisder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ali_brown89@hotmail.co.uk" target="_blank">ali_brown89@hotmail.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Evening</p>
<p>Just came across your group when i was searching for a Python course in Glasgow.</p>
<p>I stay in Glasgow and have some rudimentary/very beginner knowledge of programming. I'm really keen to get my skill level up for stuff i'm doing at work just now (3D Modelling) and am interested to get a users opinion of what the best way to learn Python
is? Are there any recommended books, courses, websites etc i should start with?</p>
<p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated</p>
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<p>Kind Regards</p>
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<p>Alisder Brown</p>
<p>BIM Coordinator </p>
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<br></blockquote></div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Hi Alisder,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">For learning python generally, I highly recommend </span><a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=http%3A%2F%2Fopenbookproject.net%2Fthinkcs%2Fpython%2Fenglish3e%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">Think Python</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">. It is based on the book I originally used to learn python many years ago and is written by the same authors. I would also recommend trying out the </span><a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.python.org%2F3%2Flibrary%2Fpdb.html&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">python debugger</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"> early on--it i helpful for getting yourself un-stuck as you learn things. Finally, learning to use </span><a href="https://pytest.org/latest/getting-started.html" style="font-size:12.8px" target="_blank">py.test</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"> is useful for both for playing around with things right now, breaking down bugs into smaller pieces, and for eventually building large systems robustly.</span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">For topics related specifically to 3D-modeling, I can't offer any specific recommendations besides to point you in the direction of <a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blender.org%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">Blender</a>. I've never used it (I do mostly web and infrastructure development), but you might find this smattering of links useful:</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">- <a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fblenderpython&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">/r/blenderpython</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">- <a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reddit.com%2Fr%2Fblender%2Fcomments%2F1lcphn%2Fincredibly_detailed_blender_game_modelling%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">A Blender tutorial series</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">- <a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blender.org%2Fapi%2Fblender_python_api_current%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">The official blender API docs</a></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">- <a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D8xTPhXcgRYM&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">A video tutorial on using python within Blender</a>.</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Cheers,</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px">Andrew</div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Famfarrell.com%2Fsaltstack-from-scratch%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7" target="_blank">Learn automated server configuration</a></div></div></div>