It is interesting to note war against 'Dive into Python'. Personally I felt it was good, a quick resource to learn without buying O'reilly books. After I came across Alan Gauld and Mark Lutz's books, I never referred DintoP. I still have the printed version of this book from 2002-3 I guess.
After a variety of circus maneuvers, I came to the following conclusion: 1. Go to http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ Alan Gauld's book is a wonder. He feeds the basics right into your brain. 2. With Alan's book as basic I bought Mark Lutz's Learning Python. 3. Make use of tutors list. I owe a lot to people here like Alan and Kent Johnson. In no time, you can be a good programmer. this is my personal opinion and nothing to do with Zed's war on DintoP. ________________________________ From: Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> To: tutor@python.org Sent: Sat, May 8, 2010 11:43:50 PM Subject: Re: [Tutor] An interesting situation befalls me On Sun, 9 May 2010 07:31:15 am Kirk Z Bailey wrote: > An instructor of mine is about to teach the FIRST EVER class in > Python at Saint Petersburg College; knowing I am a snakecharmer, he > asked me for referrals to online resources. > > Oh my. > > So I sent back this: [...] > And you can swim into it at diveintopython: > http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html Here's a counter-opinion: Dive Into Python must die! http://oppugn.us/posts/1272050135.html And a few more suggestions: http://inventwithpython.com Learn Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.com/index -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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