[Python Glasgow] Learning

[Andrew Farrell]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 4:29 PM, Alisder <ali_brown89 at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> Evening
>
> Just came across your group when i was searching for a Python course in
> Glasgow.
>
> 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?
>
> Any advice would be greatly appreciated
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
> Alisder Brown
>
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Hi Alisder,

For learning python generally, I highly recommend Think Python
<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>.
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 python
debugger
<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>
early
on--it i helpful for getting yourself un-stuck as you learn things.
Finally, learning to use py.test
<https://pytest.org/latest/getting-started.html> is useful for both for
playing around with things right now, breaking down bugs into smaller
pieces, and for eventually building large systems robustly.

For topics related specifically to 3D-modeling, I can't offer any specific
recommendations besides to point you in the direction of Blender
<http://t.sidekickopen45.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XZs4WYzsgVQJWsT3MqpKTW643TLH56dMMBdmfKC002?t=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.blender.org%2F&si=5121084446998528&pi=952af126-7135-4369-f472-9243c73d08d7>.
I've never used it (I do mostly web and infrastructure development), but
you might find this smattering of links useful:
- /r/blenderpython
<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>
- A Blender tutorial series
<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>
- The official blender API docs
<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>
- A video tutorial on using python within Blender
<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>
.

Cheers,

Andrew
Learn automated server configuration
<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>
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