Learning to program in Python

[Bill Scherer]

jbchua wrote:

>Hello everybody.
>
>I am an Electrical Engineering major and have dabbled in several
>languages such as Python, C, and Java in my spare time because of my
>interest in programming. However, I have not done any practical
>programming because I have no idea where to get started. I taught
>myself these languages basically by e-tutorials and books. This makes
>me feel as if I don't really know how to implement these languages.
>Does anybody have any advice on where to start applying my limited
>knowledge practically in order to advance my learning?
>
>  
>
Given your major, I think you'll find Unum very handy:
    http://home.tiscali.be/be052320/Unum.html

It allows one to work with familiar terms naturally:

 >>> 1 / ( (2*pi) * (1*Mega*OHM) * (.1*Micro*F) )
1.59154943092 [1/s]
 >>>
(note that Unum doesn't provide the metric prefixes in this example, but 
thats easy enough to code oneself)


They have tutorial which you may find useful.


HTH,

Bill