
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">For another paid option, I teach Python at Treehouse (<a href="http://teamtreehouse.com" class="">http://teamtreehouse.com</a>). Our plans start around $25/month and give you access to our entire library in case you want to learn other, non-Python things (for some weird reason).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Kenneth</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 25, 2015, at 18:24 , Derrick Kearney <<a href="mailto:diek@bellaliant.net" class="">diek@bellaliant.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div class="">Hi,</div><div class="">Not everyone has a coder on standby to teach. And even then if you think a programmer is going to walk you start to finish, then I think you need to read Matt Gemmell’s essay “What Have You Tried” <a href="http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried" class="">http://mattgemmell.com/what-have-you-tried</a>/ If you can find a good coder, then a better approach is to ask them to be a mentor, vice a one on one tutor.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I help admin 3 Python FB groups, we get more questions from people having trouble with <u class="">Code Academy: </u><a href="http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python" target="_blank" class="">http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python</a> than all other sources of learning Python combined. It is a good place to reinforce learning/practise it does not build a strong foundation of the basic of Python or basic problem solving.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Here are some solid first steps video.</b></div><div class="">Coursera/University of Michigan <a href="https://www.coursera.org/learn/python" class="">https://www.coursera.org/learn/python</a> ( for brand new programmers)</div><div class="">Edx/MIT <a href="https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-5" class="">https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-computer-science-mitx-6-00-1x-5</a> ( more challenging, but still intended for new programmers), this course is also available self paced/not graded via MIT’s OpenCourseWare <a href="http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008" class="">http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008</a>/</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Books freely hosted online:</b></div><div class="">Byte of Python <a href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/python/" class="">http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/python/</a> also available as a free pdf</div><div class="">Learn Python the Hard Way. is also online <a href="http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/" class="">http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/</a></div><div class="">Zed makes a disclaimer, that his book is meant for brand new programmers, it can be slow but it is a source that many people have used. Millions of visits.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Concur with Google’s Python Class, particularly for those with existing programming experience.</div></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><b class="">Paid Option.</b></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">I learned a great deal from Michael Herman, Fletcher Heisler, Jeremy Johnson over @ Real Python, their Course, 3 books updated regularly. It was the best $60 I have even spent on learning. They use an tested and true approach, project driven learning.</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://realpython.com/" class="">https://realpython.com/</a></div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">Derrick</div><div style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11pt; text-align: left; border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223);" class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>PSF-Community <<a href="mailto:psf-community-bounces+diek=bellaliant.net@python.org" class="">psf-community-bounces+diek=bellaliant.net@python.org</a>> on behalf of Dedi Setiabudidaya <<a href="mailto:setiabudidaya@hotmail.com" class="">setiabudidaya@hotmail.com</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Friday, September 25, 2015 at 10:31 PM<br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"Huguest E. Ayittey" <<a href="mailto:huguestayittey14@gmail.com" class="">huguestayittey14@gmail.com</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>"<a href="mailto:psf-community@python.org" class="">psf-community@python.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:psf-community@python.org" class="">psf-community@python.org</a>><br class=""><span style="font-weight: bold;" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Re: [PSF-Community] (no subject)<br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="hmmessage"><div dir="ltr" class="">In my opinion, the best way to learn a skill is by asking one of our friends who has the skill to sit beside us and let him/her tell us what to do.<br class=""><br class=""><div class=""><hr id="stopSpelling" class="">Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2015 21:11:22 +0100<br class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:huguestayittey14@gmail.com" class="">huguestayittey14@gmail.com</a><br class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:siggi@bjarnason.us" class="">siggi@bjarnason.us</a><br class="">Subject: Re: [PSF-Community] (no subject)<br class="">CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:psf-community@python.org" class="">psf-community@python.org</a><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Thank you all for they replies,they will be of great help.I will try each and every ones help and will get in touch with you once I have good news.Guess what,I told a friend about python and he is really in love with the idea of learning it.This help you guys have offered me will go a long way to help the both of us.<br class="">Thank you pythonists,you are all really wonderful.</div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On 25 September 2015 at 19:48, Siggi Bjarnason<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:siggi@bjarnason.us" target="_blank" class="">siggi@bjarnason.us</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;" type="cite"><div dir="ltr" class="">Here are some learning resources I've found useful as well<br class=""><br class=""><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><u class="">Code Academy:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></u><a href="http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/python" target="_blank" class="">http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/<span class="">python</span></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="">Great beginner course, no prior experience necessary. Work at your own pace, takes approximately 13 hours to complete.</div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><u class="">Google’s<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="">Python</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Class <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></u><a href="https://developers.google.com/edu/python/" target="_blank" class="">https://developers.google.com/edu/<span class="">python</span>/</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </p><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class=""><a href="http://Coursera.org" class="">Coursera.org</a> also has some Python classes.<br class=""></div></div><div class="ecxgmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class="">Siggi Bjarnason, W7RTF<br class="">PVT WSG<br class=""><a href="mailto:siggi@bjarnason.us" target="_blank" class="">siggi@bjarnason.us</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.supergeek.us/" target="_blank" class="">http://www.supergeek.us</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/siggib" target="_blank" class="">http://www.linkedin.com/in/siggib</a><br class=""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sgb007" target="_blank" class="">http://www.facebook.com/sgb007</a><br class=""><br class="">"In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">other man is entitled not to listen."<br class="">- G. Norman Collie<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class=""><div class="h5"><br class=""><div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Matt Rasband<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:matt.rasband@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">matt.rasband@gmail.com</a>></span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="ecxgmail_quote" style="border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;" type="cite"><div dir="auto" class=""><div class=""></div><div class="">I think you may be onto a good topic here, rather than asking for specific things maybe we can expand this to be about learning resources for someone new.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you're entirely new to programming I've found that this book is pretty solid (it's not only for kids):</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Python for Kids: A Playful Introduction to Programming<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593274076/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_e5ybwb2BHG9JN" target="_blank" class="">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1593274076/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_e5ybwb2BHG9JN</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">It helps you get set up and gives you a direction along with general background you may need.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you're not, perhaps something like:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">- Learn Python the Hard Way: A Very Simple Introduction to the Terrifyingly Beautiful World of Computers and Code (3rd Edition) (Zed Shaw's Hard Way Series)<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321884914/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_jxzbwb02K2E0B" target="_blank" class="">https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321884914/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_jxzbwb02K2E0B</a></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class="">On Sep 25, 2015, at 11:38, Huguest E. Ayittey <<a href="mailto:huguestayittey14@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">huguestayittey14@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""><br class=""></div><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class=""><div class="">I was thinking if there could be a bigger chart room where members can teach each other and sharer their experiences with others.I wish we had video chats and instant messages,not always introductions.I have signed up for python,downloaded it but I have found out it is the most difficult programmer for beginner who are learning on their own.I have been on python for about a month now and I still don't understand anything,and can't do anything with it.Please I think you have to develop python with video chat and video lessons where beginners can see and know what they have to do.It has to be interactive and meet the needs of the user not having the program just staring into your face like that,with out any use,wasting memory space.<br class=""></div>Please try to work on my view,<br class=""></div><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;" class="">thank you.</span><br class=""></div></div></blockquote></div></div><blockquote class="" type="cite"><div class=""><span class="">_______________________________________________</span><br class=""><span class="">PSF-Community mailing list</span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="mailto:PSF-Community@python.org" target="_blank" class="">PSF-Community@python.org</a></span><br class=""><span class=""><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community" target="_blank" class="">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community</a></span><br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">PSF-Community mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:PSF-Community@python.org" target="_blank" class="">PSF-Community@python.org</a><br class=""><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community</a><br class=""><br class=""></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div><br class="">_______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:PSF-Community@python.org" class="">PSF-Community@python.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community" class="">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community</a></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________ PSF-Community mailing list<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:PSF-Community@python.org" class="">PSF-Community@python.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community" class="">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">PSF-Community mailing list</span><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="mailto:PSF-Community@python.org" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">PSF-Community@python.org</a><br style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><a href="https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/psf-community</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>