[Pythonmac-SIG] newbie list?

[blake smith]

p,

i'm in pretty much the same situation, but i still lurk and read and 
hope that one day my skills from books will catch up to the list.
you're correct, its hard to develop in a language without a full 
understanding, but i find it hard to get into something without a 
project to get me motivated.

i've found the tutorials at http://www.python.org to be really helpful 
and give me some goals to work toward aside from the o'reilly examples.

good luck. i'll be interested to see what the more experienced people 
on the list have to say. just wanted you to know you weren't alone in 
your struggle.

blake smith
multimedia developer
nashville, tn.

On Wednesday, Apr 9, 2003, at 07:46 US/Central, The Dude wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I am a complete newbie to python... just got my first O'Reilly text on 
> what appears to be just what I needed in terms of a programming tool.  
> I've lurked on your list for a few days and see a lot of over-my-head 
> comment.
>
> Is there a newbies list you may recommend?  I have an Apache-based 
> project in mind -- basically a large CGI in Python that I would like 
> to develop, but don't know quite where to start.
>
> I feel like this is a chicken/egg dilemma: I clearly need to know 
> python well to know how to proceed with development, and I need to ask 
> the right questions to learn python without undue frustration. Arrrgh.
>
> Any recommendations are most welcome.  I'm on digest, so if you post 
> here and I don't respond for a few days, it's not an insult.
>
> Thanks