[Tutor] Introduction

[Barry Tice]

Guido's Python tutorial is a good place to start, though I imagine it's
probably less complete than any book you purchased. From there, reading
through the reference manual for the modules you expect to use the most,
while keeping the interpreter running for experiments, will teach you a
great deal.

I've always found the best way to learn a language is to have a project
you want to do and dive in and get your hands dirty. This sometimes
involves coming up with smaller projects to accomplish first -- say if
your main project requires XML, you might want to have a smaller
starter-project devoted to working out the intricacies of XML before you
spend too much time going in a misguided direction on your main project.

-- b.r.t.

On Wed, 2004-09-01 at 07:33, blk20 wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> my name is Bernhard Krieger. I am a social anthropologist undertaking
> research on free software and people involved in free software. 
> 
> I want to start programming and was pointed to python as a good
> beginner's language. I am reading 'Learning Python' by Mark Luty and
> David Ascher. It is fascinating, even it sometimes takes me a while to
> keep all the information;)
> 
> Is there anything else you would recommend me to learn Python?
> 
> Cheers,
> --Bernhard
> 
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