On 03/01/2013 03:59 PM, leonardo selmi wrote:
hi
is there anyone can suggest me a good book to learn python? i read many but
there is always something unclear or examples which give me errors.
how can I start building a sound educational background
thanks for any help
best regards
The question isn't even clear. You should explain that Python is your
first programming language, and you should also tell us what version of
Python you're trying to use, and on what OS. Your first tutorial MUST
be oriented to match both of these, or you're going to have too much
trouble with compatibilities to learn much.
Say you're using a particular tutorial, and you have successfully done
each of the samples, and understand how they worked.
If you then come across a sample which gives you errors, why not post
them here, and ask for help. As often as not, it's a typo when you
copied the example, or it's a version mismatch.
Likewise, if you then find something that's unclear, there are really
only three possibilities: 1) the author blew it, either by poor
explanation or by using concepts not previously explained properly 2)
you didn't understand one of the earlier concepts, or 3) you're going at
too fast a pace for your abilities. (That's not a knock on your
abilities, we all run at a different pace while first learning than we
do when we're acclimated to a topic)
When I come across unclear explanation, and I want to understand it, I
stop after a couple of passes through the explanation, and try some
stuff. Either the exercises in the same tutorial, or just some related
things that let me get a handle on things. Once I can express the
unclarity in a small sample program, it's the perfect time to post it
here, and ask why it works the way it does (or doesn't).
If you stick to common parts of the standard library, you'll probably
find the tu...@python.org mailing list to be easier to get help at. I
read both, and respond where I can.
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