[Tutor] Learning Python

[Michael Langford]

http://www.diveintopython.com is a *Great* start for experienced
software developers. Within a weekend with that book I'd written an
entire parser/decompiler when I'd never used python before that.

            --michael

On 9/29/07, Fred P <fredp101 at mac.com> wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> I am completely new at python, but not new to programming or
> scripting.  I have a couple of years of LUA scripting experience,
> about a year of C++ classes, and used to be very efficient at c-shell
> scripting in unix.
>
> My question for you guys:
>
> 1) How do I get Started?
>
> 2) Recommend any specific Books?
>
> 3) Any online tutors/ forums that would benefit a newbie
>
> 4) Any online classes that teach python?  I have taken online c++
> courses, and found them helpful.  I was hoping to find something for
> python.
>
> My main objective is to write scripts for the following type of
> applications
> File management, file copies/syncs/ compares
> Text manipulation - like parsing text files to replace or augment
> specific values
> Integration into current applications to write redundant routines and
> maybe some day plugins
>
> I am not even sure what else, but I do know that every time i think
> of something that we need at work, other people say, "That would be a
> good task for a python script"  and I would eventually like to be
> able to do something about that.
>
> Thanks
> Fred
>
>
>
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