On May 27, 9:41 am, romiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a PHP5 developer looking to "broaden my horizons" so to speak by > learning a new language. I emphasize the 5 in PHP since I have fully > engrossed myself in the full OOP of version 5 with my own ground-up > projects as well as some work with PRADO (http://pradosoft.com) > > I've dabbled with a number of languages in the past, Python being no > exception, but always ended up coming back to PHP due to being > comfortable with it. Python has stuck to me as a language I _really_ > think I should know more about. I've recently tried C#, a very short > lived re-attempt at C++ and Java, and Ruby. None of those seemed > "fun" except for Ruby, although from what I've seen the syntax between > Ruby and Python are very similar to each other compared to the other > languages. > > Anyway, my first question was if anyone knows of a tutorial that > focuses on PHP -> Python learning, in such that there might be a block > of PHP code alongside an example of how to do the same thing in > Python. One example of something I've already mapped a comparison to > thanks to standard tutorials is a PHP numeric indexed array being > similar to a list and a PHP associative array being similar to a > dictionary. Of course finding such of a tutorial isn't a deal breaker > by any means, but I figured that having it available would be a boon > for me to actually make some headway in my Python learning adventure. > > If there's anything else that could be said about the migration > between the two languages, I'm all ears. I also don't really need to > hear about how "disgusting" php is as a language...I am aware of the > contained chaos that is PHP4, which is why I develop strictly in 5 > using its OOP to the extent my feeble brain allows, a wariness toward > the insecure pitfalls the language has begat in the past, and an > attempt to produce as clean of a syntax as the language can allow. > > Thanks in advance for any help.
Read "Learning Python(2nd ed)" and do all the exercises. If you have questions, post them. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
