Programming newbie coming from Ruby: a few Python questions

[Nick Vatamaniuc]

For a tutorial  try the Python Tutorial @ http://docs.python.org/tut/

For a book try "Learning Python" from O'Reilly Press

For reference try the Python library reference  @
http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html

For another good book  try "Dive Into Python" @
http://diveintopython.org/
It is a book you can view online or download for free. It is written by
Mark Pilgrim. If you like it, please support the author and buy a
printed copy:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1590593561/ref=nosim/102-5606503-6853720?n=283155

Also take a look at common recipes on how to do things when you get
more used to Python @
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/

Hope this helps,
Nick V.



simonharrison at fastmail.co.uk wrote:
> Hi all. I've been try to learn ruby for a few months but I'm about
> ready to give up. The available books either assume a programming
> background, or are out of date. Anyway, I think python may suit me more
> due to its 'theres one way to do it' philosophy (hope the quote is
> right)! Another quote that I liked was:
>
>  'Clever is not considered a compliment in Python.' (don't know where I
> read that...)
>
> In Ruby, there are many ways to do the same thing and cleverness seems
> to be held in high regard. These attitudes are not too helpful for
> beginners in my experience. Anyway, enough waffle.
>
> What books and tutorials are recommended to learn Python? The tutorial
> that comes with Python is great and has given me a good overview but I
> think I'd benefit from some programming projects, now I have a little
> understanding of how Python works.
>
> Ideally, I'd like a whole series of projects where I'm walked through
> how to go about writing real Python. The way I look at it, nobody
> learnt to build a house just from reading about building materials!
>
> Any other tips for getting up to speed with Python fairly quickly will
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> If anyone can help, thanks very much