On 09/01/2017 01:08 PM, Chris Warrick wrote: > I would recommend reading the official Python tutorial [0] This > tutorial will explain the important parts of Python. It doesn’t spend > too much time explaining programming basics though. > > My alternate recommendations include Think Python [1] or Automate the > Boring Stuff with Python [2]. > > > On 1 September 2017 at 19:51, Raghunadh <raghunadhpra...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello Derek, >> >> I would start with this book >> >> hxxps://learnpythonthehardway.org >> >> Raghunadh > > LPTHW is a terrible book: slow and boring, tells readers to memorize > truth tables instead of understanding them (sic!), 19% of it is > thoughtlessly teaching print() — overall, a failure at teaching people > to program. Moreover, the author wrote a nonsensical essay bashing > Python 3 [3] (debunked in [4]), and released a Python 3.6 version of > his book shortly afterwards.
So I pointed out people would have strong opinions :) Turns out - I had forgotten this though I saw it once long ago - that some people tried to put together a page for people coming from Perl. https://wiki.python.org/moin/PerlPhrasebook that might possibly help setting some early concepts, and "idioms", into place; it certainly won't replace a good Python book, but still... _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
