[Tutor] I am a web designer wanting to learn Python

[wesley chun]

>  I have been wanting to learn a language for the last 10 years, I am now
> just getting around to it. I did some research on languages, because I
> decided if I was going learn one, I wanted to learn something that I could
> use for many different applications (web being one). Python seemed to offer
> all I was looking for, plus, I have been told, it is rather easy to learn.
> Why?

the community is interested in knowing how new members came to the
Python family.  :-)

sounds like you're new to programming.  there are few good books on
this subject:
- Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science (John Zelle)
- Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (Michael Dawson)
- Python For Dummies (Stef and Aahz Maruch)
- How To Think Like a Computer Scientist (Allen Downey, Jeffrey
Elkner, Chris Meyers)
- Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python (Mark Guzdial)
- Learn to Program Using Python (Alan Gauld)
- Python: Visual QuickStart Guide (Chris Fehily)

there are also some great online tutorials:
- Python.org tutorial http://docs.python.org/tut
- Instant Hacking http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-hacking.php
- How to Think Like a Computer Scientst http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy/
- Learning to Program http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/

here is a link to a more comprehsnvie list of Python-related tutorials:
- Python Tutorials http://awaretek.com/tutorials.html

cheers,
-- wesley
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