[Tutor] An interesting situation befalls me

[Hs Hs]

It is interesting to note war against 'Dive into Python'. Personally I felt it was good, a quick resource to learn without buying O'reilly books.  After I came across Alan Gauld and Mark Lutz's books, I never referred DintoP. I still have the printed version of this book from 2002-3 I guess. 

After a variety of circus maneuvers, I came to the following conclusion:

1. Go to 
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/
Alan Gauld's book is a wonder. He feeds the basics right into your brain. 

2. With Alan's book as basic I bought Mark Lutz's Learning Python.

3. Make use of tutors list.  I owe a lot to people here like Alan and Kent Johnson.  

In no time, you can be a good programmer. 

this is my personal opinion and nothing to do with Zed's war on DintoP. 









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From: Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>
To: tutor at python.org
Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 11:43:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Tutor] An interesting situation befalls me

On Sun, 9 May 2010 07:31:15 am Kirk Z Bailey wrote:
> An instructor of mine is about to teach the FIRST EVER class in
> Python at Saint Petersburg College; knowing I am a snakecharmer, he
> asked me for referrals to online resources.
>
> Oh my.
>
> So I sent back this:
[...]
> And you can swim into it at diveintopython:
>    http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html


Here's a counter-opinion:

Dive Into Python must die!
http://oppugn.us/posts/1272050135.html


And a few more suggestions:

http://inventwithpython.com

Learn Python the Hard Way:
http://learnpythonthehardway.com/index




-- 
Steven D'Aprano
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