Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-28 Thread Zaphod
snip In terms of good tutorials for absolute beginners, here are two: Alan Gauld's Learning to Program http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ ShowMeDo.com has lots of Python instructional videos, including this one for absolute beginners:

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-28 Thread Simon Brunning
2009/6/27 sato.ph...@gmail.com sato.ph...@gmail.com: Thank you for all of the links and advice. What do I want to learn Python for? Again, pardon me for my lack of relevant information.  I am also a journalist (an out of work one at the moment, like so many others) and I feel that learning

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Terry Reedy
Chris Rebert wrote: On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Terry Reedytjre...@udel.edu wrote: sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Terry Reedy tjre...@...l.edu wrote: I consider Python the Basic of the 21st century. Oh Dear. Was it not Dijkstra who said that learning basic rotted your brain, or words more or less to that effect? And here I am, feeling rather dull lately... :-) To the OP: - Learning Python

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread OdarR
On 27 juin, 04:22, sato.ph...@gmail.com sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python.  I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them.  I was wondering, as someone with

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Joachim Strömbergson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aloha! Che M wrote: In terms of good tutorials for absolute beginners, here are two: Alan Gauld's Learning to Program http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ ... Also, don't miss the great Dive into Python: http://diveintopython.org/ A

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
Thank you for all of the links and advice. What do I want to learn Python for? Again, pardon me for my lack of relevant information. I am also a journalist (an out of work one at the moment, like so many others) and I feel that learning python could be useful for computer assisted reporting,

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Thomas Lehmann
read and have started to go through them.  I was wondering, as someone with virtually no programming experience (I am a photographer by trade), is Python the right language for me to try and learn? Well, I'm a 100% C++ programmer but I like programming python for prototyping and tools. The

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread 疯图灵
On 6月27日, 上午10时22分, sato.ph...@gmail.com sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Charles Yeomans
On Jun 26, 2009, at 10:22 PM, sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with virtually no

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Kee Nethery
I'll give you the same advice I used to give to people when they wanted to decide whether to get a Mac or a PC, go with what your local group of friends is using. In general, if you have a local friend who can come over weekly (or you can visit weekly) and have them help you with the

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-27 Thread Dave Angel
sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with virtually no programming experience (I am a

Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread sato.ph...@gmail.com
Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with virtually no programming experience (I am a photographer by trade), is Python

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread Amos Anderson
In learning most programming languages, in my experience anyway, it's easy to get overwhelmed and want to give up. Python is easy enough that you should be able to pick it to a point that it will be useful to you while still learning the more advanced features. Python generally teaches good

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread Mensanator
On Jun 26, 9:22�pm, sato.ph...@gmail.com sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. �I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. �I was wondering, as someone with

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread Terry Reedy
sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python. I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them. I was wondering, as someone with virtually no programming experience (I am a

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread Chris Rebert
On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Terry Reedytjre...@udel.edu wrote: sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python.  I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them.  I was

Re: Beginning with Python; the right choice?

2009-06-26 Thread Che M
On Jun 26, 10:22 pm, sato.ph...@gmail.com sato.ph...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, As you can imagine, I am new, both to this group and to Python.  I have read various posts on the best book to buy or online tutorial to read and have started to go through them.  I was wondering, as someone with