<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Julia <<a href="mailto:midnightjulia@gmail.com">midnightjulia@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Message: 3<br>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:39:16 -0500<br>
From: Kent Johnson <<a href="mailto:kent37@tds.net" target="_blank">kent37@tds.net</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] self-learning Python<br>
To: "Enrique Nieves, Jr." <<a href="mailto:spanfax@charter.net" target="_blank">spanfax@charter.net</a>><br>
Cc: <a href="mailto:tutor@python.org" target="_blank">tutor@python.org</a><br>
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Enrique Nieves, Jr. wrote:<br>
> I?m not a programmer, but would like to learn to program. I?m<br>
> considering self-learning python on my spare time. Can you recommend<br>
> the best books, online training, or other resources? I know nothing<br>
> about programming.<br>
<br>
There are several good on-line tutorials for beginners:<br>
<a href="http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers" target="_blank">http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers</a><br>
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I think the best book for the absolute beginner is "Python Programming<br>
for the absolute beginner" by Michael Dawson.<br>
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You can ask questions here when you get stuck.<br>
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Kent</blockquote><div><br></div>
<p><span>To be honest I truly
dislike the Dawson book. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It's lacks
technical clarity, examples and has a messy index. I'm going to sell my example
asap. </span></p>
<p><span>I currently use
multiple books for reference and because I haven't found one really good book
yet. In the end I'd say <a href="http://python.org" target="_blank">python.org</a> is the best resource for learning Python :)</span></p>
<div>/J </div></div>
</blockquote><div>When I started learning Python, I had had no programming background whatsoever. It was Michael Dawson's book that got me off the ground. I then read another book "Python programming: an introduction to computer science", and things began to make sense to me. Non-programmers have a hard time grasping things programmers take for granted. That's why Dawson's book may not be good for experienced people. I definitely recommend it to true beginners.<br>
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