python university search

[Paolo Alexis Falcone]

On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 17:12:45 -0800, josh wrote:

> [pardon me if this is not the appropriate list]
> 
> hello,
> 
> i am interested in doing an undergraduate major in computer science
> that mainly focuses on python as a programming language..
> 
> i am not a very bright student and neither do i have the money to
> think about universities like caltech, stanford etc. i am looking for
> a university that is easy to get admitted in and yet i can get good
> knowledge and education out of it.
> 
> also english is not my first language and i feel that acts against me,
> but i do have a strong desire to learn.
> 
> i have read the tutorials in python.org and understand the python
> programming syntax but i feel that only a computer science class is
> going to teach me how to program and apply advance concepts.  if any
> of you happen to know good video tutorials or self study materials or
> tips  that can act as an alternative to going to college, would you
> please mind sharing or selling for something reasonable.

Try looking for these online references:
* http://www.aduni.org - website of the defunct ArsDigita University. They
have a plethora of resources that can be downloaded, or obtained in a
couple of DVD's
* http://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy - How to think like a Computer
Scientist: Learning with Python (checkout their bibliography too.
* http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/ - Structure and Interpretation of Computer
Programs. Not Python, but should give you a good material for functional
programming - which is another paradigm that Python also supports.

Try reading these (buy/steal :D) from your library:
* The Art of Computer Programming (D. Knuth). 3 volumes and a fascicle of
an upcoming volume. Very terse reading, but should you overcome this,
you're on the way to computing greatness