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

[Michael yaV]

Thanks... I have my-work-cut-out-for-me.
Michael

On May 28, 2008, at 3:50 PM, wesley chun wrote:

>> 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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>
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