[Tutor] Re: Newbie question.

[Mike Hansen]

> Subject:
> Re: [Tutor] Newbie question.
> From:
> Gwyn Evans <gwyn.evans at gmail.com>
> Date:
> Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:37:21 +0000
> To:
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>On Fri, 28 Jan 2005 09:42:07 +0200, Adriaan Louw
><adriaan at kredcorgroup.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I want to learn python as quick as possible, for web programming at first,
>>and applications later on. Any leads? 
>>    
>>
>
>Hi,
>  I'd start with the basic python tutorials, then have a look at
>something like CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org/) or Quixote
>(http://www.quixote.ca/) for the initial web stuff - there are others,
>too. Try & read around each a bit, e.g. web site/mailing lists, then
>download & give ones you fancy a try.
>
>  
>
I would politely disagree here. You need to walk before you can run. If 
you haven't done _any_ web programming before, it's probably best to do 
a small web app using just python's cgi module. I would think that 
CherryPy and Quixote are complex web tools/frameworks that I wouldn't 
recommend to someone new to web programming until they got their feet 
wet doing some basic web programming. After that, then explore more 
advanced web programming with CherryPy or Quixote.

If you have done some basic web programming in other languages, then 
ignore this message.

Mike