Welcome Mike! Like Peter I also recommend Zed Shaw's Learn Python The Hard Way.
-adam -- Adam Feuer On Sep 15, 2012, at 22:58, Peter Conerly <[email protected]> wrote: Welcome Mike! I wrote a blog post (so far it's my only blog post -_- ) on getting started with python, you might find that helpful: http://peterconerly.com/blog/ Best of luck! Feel free to shoot us any questions you have. On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:54 PM, Mike Malveaux <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi folks, the subscription confirmation asked for an intro, so here goes. > > My name is Mike. I live in Tacoma. I'm not really a programmer -- my > last job was Snowboard Instructor, and for years before that I drove and > dispatched trucks -- but circumstances have convinced me that learning to > program is a Good Thing. But, which language first? > > The sources I've seen that I like best indicate that BASIC is no longer > considered the best program for newbies (nor for anything else, > apparently). But Python seems to be well recommended for neophytes, and > looks like it will do most or maybe all of the web scripting stuff I want > to do down the road. > > So, here I am! I've begun working my way through the tutorial document at > http://docs.python.org/tutorial and I'm looking forward to see you kind > folks in person, probably next month. Probably 90% of the discussion will > go whizzing over my head, so I promise to listen more than I speak. > > All the best, > Mike M. / Tacoma >
