2 question from a python newbie!

[G. Willoughby]

Thanks mate,
                i'm not a total programming newbie just a python newbie  :)
ill check out that site and them, thar books.

ta

G. Willoughby

P.S. so python is really used as a scripting language and nothing more?


"Remco Gerlich" <scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl> wrote in message
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> G. Willoughby <sab at NOSPAM.freeuk.com> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > 1). Can python scripts be compiled to 'stand alone' .exe files?
>
> Sort of. There is a utility ('Freeze') that packs your program and Python
> itself into one big .exe, and it's stand alone then. But that's not the
> usual way to use Python.
>
> > 2). What's the best book/s available for learning python from a total
> > beginers point of view?
>
> There are several options. Alan Gauld has a nice website for total
> programming newbies at http://www.crosswinds.net/~agauld/ . He's also
> often helpful at the tutor mailing list. He has a book out now, called
> "Learn to program using Python". It's brand new and I haven't seen any
> reviews yet, but you can try his page first and buy the book if you want
> to have an extended version printed on dead trees.
>
> Other options are for instance "Teach Yourself Python in 24 Hours" and
> "The Quick Python Book". There are also more tutorials online, see the
> Documentation link on http://www.python.org .
>
> --
> Remco Gerlich