I took a look at the first four lessons at the first link, and I think there
must be some mistake-
this site is actually teaching BASIC. All these commands are valid syntax under
say microsoft
GWBasic or QuickBasic. But I think this Zed Shaw has been studying shell
programming also and got
The design of python was influenced by the ABC language which itself was meant
to be a replacement for BASIC. So the similarities you observe are not by
chance.
If you are looking for a free online experience that will stretch your computer
literacy, try this:
I'd also recommend:
Learn Python The Hard Way By Zed A. Shaw
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
Online Python Tutor
http://pythontutor.com/
Take Care,
Sean Seaver, PhD
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Hello all,
Considering that many biologists come to the field with no background in
programming (like me) and want to learn a scripting language, I thought that
many young members of the community might find this useful.
There's an ongoing FREE online course An Introduction to Interactive
Hi,
For those starters on python programming, I strongly recommend Hanns Petter
Langtangen's book A primer on scientific programming with python. It
specifically targets the scientific programming, which we care about the
most. The only thing I am not sure is that this book was written using
