On Wed, 12 May 2010 13:09:05 +0200 "M. Bashir Al-Noimi" <mbno...@gmx.com> wrote:
> Hi All, > > This is my first post and I want to set a plan for learning python > syntax within 2 weeks. > > I'm C++/Qt desktop developer and I want to learn python for creating > rapid web applications so I read some articles about that and I found > that django is suitable framework -I guess- but I still need some info > to complete my plan then applying it. Just a few comments: > 1. From where I can start python by examples for C++ developers (I > don't want documentation tutorials cuz I need simple tutorials > compares between C++ & python syntax just at start point)? Depending on what you really mean with these words, it may be a wrong approach, imho. Learning a new language is not just a question of catching syntactic patterns, not even if you properly get associated semantics. It's rather a question of developping a new way of watching topics or problems, and thus modelling & designing differently. Else, what you end up with is "charabia", like if translating form arab to chinese word-for-word ;-) This is especially important when passing from a static to a dynamic language. Dynamicity opens new doors to modelling practice fields. Or rather: when using a static language these doors are closed... > 7. Does the period of 2 week enough for learning python syntax & > basics of web developing? See note above. > 8. Does any one tested an experience just like me (learning a new > language within short period could be crazy ;-) )? Ditto. And yes, when I started with python intensively for a period, I used its OO framework like if it were static! It took me a rather long time to realise I had wrong mental schemes, barriers infact. (Actually, for a while, when watching properly written dynamic code, I even thought it was wrong & ugly & tricky stuff. instead I had a cube of concrete where there should be a brain.) But dynamicity is not the only point. Even rather similar languages like eg Python & Ruby & Lua develop different programming approaches, styles and flavors. denis ________________________________ vit esse estrany ☣ spir.wikidot.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
