"Michael yaV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
person. I have taught myself HTML and flash by reading manuals and a lot of trial and error over the last 11 years. I have always wanted to learn a language like php, asp, .net but I never took the time to learn them. I have recently found Python and believe this is the language that I will "hang-my-hat-on" and learn.
Thats a good choice. Python is one of the easiest languages to learn.
"django" but really, how much Python do I need to know before I can head down the web path?
You need to know about: data types and structures (numbers, strings, lists, dictionaries etc) sequences loops branches functions and for Django, one more advanced topic: OOP, although at a fairly basic level. This can all be picked up in a week doing 2 hours or so per day.
Is Python a language a total beginner/tutorial reader like myself can learn or do I need to take classes at a local college?
Python is easy to learn and there are lots of tutorials for absolute beginners listed on the non programmers section of the python site. I try not to push my own tutor too often but it is well suited to you since it also teaches basic JavaScript which you definitely should learn for web apps too. (Python can't do browser side scripting)
just too much to learn to do this on my own. I am starting to get a bit over whelmed with all of the information I'm finding.
There is a lot of concepts and jargon. In my tutor I try quite hard to explain all terms as I first use them and highlight jargon terms on first use. I also have a couple of concept topics before getting onto the hands-on stuff, and I recommend that you do take the half hour to read them if you decide to do my tutor. (And of course I am online to answer questions :-) -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
