Hi all. I've been try to learn ruby for a few months but I'm about ready to give up. The available books either assume a programming background, or are out of date. Anyway, I think python may suit me more due to its 'theres one way to do it' philosophy (hope the quote is right)! Another quote that I liked was:
'Clever is not considered a compliment in Python.' (don't know where I read that...) In Ruby, there are many ways to do the same thing and cleverness seems to be held in high regard. These attitudes are not too helpful for beginners in my experience. Anyway, enough waffle. What books and tutorials are recommended to learn Python? The tutorial that comes with Python is great and has given me a good overview but I think I'd benefit from some programming projects, now I have a little understanding of how Python works. Ideally, I'd like a whole series of projects where I'm walked through how to go about writing real Python. The way I look at it, nobody learnt to build a house just from reading about building materials! Any other tips for getting up to speed with Python fairly quickly will be greatly appreciated. If anyone can help, thanks very much -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
