On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Brad Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Also, on the pygame.org home page, there is a link to > > a pygame book for sale. > > I've read McGugan's Beginning PyGame book, and it does a fairly nice > job introducing Python in general (I think the first 2 chapters do > this). If you're wanting to learn Pygame it's a Great book. If > you're just learning python, it will be useful, but definitely not > your only resource. > > > P.S. Do not try to use pygame without having learned > > to program using Python alone first. > > I actually learned python because of pygame, and I DID use pygame with > no prior python experience (though I had a LOT of programming > experience in languages like C, Java, PHP... etc), so it CAN be done. > Having said that, I heartily suggest you do some other stuff with > python and then come back to pygame. IMHO, it will make your pygame > experience more enjoyable. I think the python tutorial is a really > good place to start: http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html I learned Python because of PyGame too. Python is such a simple language--everything makes sense! I spent a few months working on some projects, and before I knew it, I was fluent. My advice--whether or not you buy a book--is to practice Python programming incessantly. When you start a new project, believe you can do it--take the problems one at a time, but most importantly, sit down and *code*! Ian
