Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed4.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.028 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.94; '*S*': 0.00; 'things.': 0.05; 'problem:': 0.07; 'problem?': 0.07; 'beginners': 0.09; '(like': 0.15; "(can't": 0.16; 'anymore': 0.16; 'one)': 0.16; 'programmer,': 0.16; 'stuff.': 0.16; 'url:luc': 0.16; 'url:edu': 0.18; 'sender:addr:gmail.com': 0.18; '(or': 0.18; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'seems': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'url:wiki': 0.26; 'cc:addr:gmail.com': 0.27; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'received:209.85.212': 0.28; 'fast.': 0.29; '8bit%:5': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'helpful': 0.30; 'code': 0.31; '(and': 0.32; 'url:python': 0.32; 'sources': 0.32; 'could': 0.32; 'programming,': 0.33; 'rid': 0.33; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'done': 0.34; 'list': 0.35; 'needed': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'something': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'really': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'url:org': 0.36; 'subject:Please': 0.36; "i'll": 0.36; 'bad': 0.37; 'received:209': 0.37; 'university': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'sure': 0.38; 'url:en': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'build': 0.39; 'solve': 0.62; 'provide': 0.62; 'url:6': 0.65; 'wave': 0.71; 'future,': 0.72; 'bored': 0.84; 'first-hand': 0.84; 'url:book': 0.84; 'url:course': 0.84; 'rank': 0.95 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:date:x-google-sender-auth:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=yCkxO6R/ATBRVLc22I42UN5RDO5Ib70LWQFfu9UjJb8=; b=zqWR64dlWhoDUpxX/9YrXZzr6+4U6/+t8trxP9eXqKyTZm4+QKL4zg3rrPCC2zt63i P0WtKM33k+UJxBmLAAX2L77NcdPh7wUqYuZs+05R0QRfbA8HIBAQU+/2+07bsC1Kh2Rw L0yUwQ3guPBJnqkoyaekq0sfLhDPS+dswkmX6MGN0gBBQDxCDSqV2V4gsXV+VY77uGPv H0HEiR5jPIebQXCVFo8p5SD4N+6fn/l+9u6qT27vcF6NkbuhYS9y7Qai2zJlT5jG98tQ E1D6263sc9UTrntGo3z405VkHyccoqLB/LGgf+MGo8vrbJaF17v7xG4g6ZsVUIK38V5U ZxdA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.244.38 with SMTP id xd6mr31197766vec.29.1361441312169; Thu, 21 Feb 2013 02:08:32 -0800 (PST) Sender: designingparadise100@gmail.com Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 04:08:32 -0600 X-Google-Sender-Auth: bopmrA2Pk-gwhFXKpQ4uKnMgJBU Subject: ** Please Rank These Learning Sources ** From: Claira To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7bdc9ae0cb5fae04d63941c2 Cc: waveclaira@gmail.com X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 83 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1361441319 news.xs4all.nl 6947 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50839 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:39410 --047d7bdc9ae0cb5fae04d63941c2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The problem: I've done reading (like on quora), and it seems lots of beginners (and I know first-hand for me), and even for those that have done 4 years at university -- that they say they don't know how to build something after all the theory and stuff. Even though I'm not going to be a programmer, in the future, there may be something that would need programming, so learning what's needed is a good thing. For example, I thought you could just wave leapmotion.com and it just works, but it's still 2013. On quora, they say that you need to code for it to actually do things. Could someone who is good at it rank these sources (or provide a good one) on how well they solve the problem? http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ http://girldevelopit.com/materials https://developers.google.com/edu/python/ https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/ https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101 https://www.udacity.com/course/cs262 http://anh.cs.luc.edu/python/hands-on/3.1/handsonHtml/ https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/tutorials/programming-basics http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python http://www.learnpython.org I got rid of a whole bunch that I thought were really really bad like http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%27s_Tutorial_for_Python_2.6 Really bored really fast. I'm not sure what helpful things I'll like to build anymore ='( I'm not subscribed to the list anymore (can't keep up with it, and don't understand anything). Please cc me :) --047d7bdc9ae0cb5fae04d63941c2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
The problem: I've done reading (like on=A0quora), and it seems lot= s of beginners (and I know first-hand for me), and even for those that have= done 4 years at university -- that they say they don't know how to bui= ld something after all the theory and stuff.=A0Even though I'm not goin= g to be a programmer, in the future, there may be something that would need= programming, so=A0learning what's needed is a good thing.=A0For exampl= e,=A0I thought you=A0could=A0just wave=A0= leapmotion.com and it just works, but it's still 2013. On=A0quora, = they say that you need to code for it to actually do things.=A0Could someon= e who is good at it rank these sources (or provide a good one) on how well = they solve the problem?

http://le= arnpythonthehardway.org/book/ http://www.codecademy.= com/tracks/python
http://www.learnpython.org<= /div>

I got rid of a whole bunch that I thought were rea= lly really bad like=A0http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Non-Programmer%= 27s_Tutorial_for_Python_2.6

Really bored really fast. I'm not sure what h= elpful things I'll like to build anymore =3D'(

=
I'm not subscribed to the list anymore (can't keep up with it,= and don't understand anything). Please cc me :)
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