Learning Python

[Richard Chamberlain]

Hi Alan,

I think the best place to start is the tutorial in the Python Documentation
which is at http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html

I bought the Learning Python book which is very good and fills in some of
the gaps the tutorial leaves, unfortunately I haven't a copy of the Quick
Python book so I cannot comment.

The great thing about Python is the prompt. You can learn so much in
realtime, without having to write a long script.

Have fun,

Richard

Alan Wu <alanwu at bigpond.com> wrote in message
news:B538BAD2.C19%alanwu at bigpond.com...
> Hi,
> This may not be the best place to ask, but I was wondering if you people
> here could help me out with my attempt to learn how to program with
Python.
> By all accounts, Python seems to be a learn-able language that one can do
> useful stuff with. I haven't had much experience with programming (except
> for a course in Visual Basic I did a year ago in Year 10), so I'm a bit
> hesitant as to how to go about learning a programming language. I was
> thinking of buying a book, either Learning Python by O'Reilly or The Quick
> Python Book by Manning - does that sound wise? Which book would be best
for
> a newcomer to programming?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Alan
>