Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder2.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed2.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!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 0.023 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.95; '*S*': 0.00; 'python,': 0.02; 'broken': 0.04; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'think,': 0.07; 'python': 0.11; '3.3,': 0.16; '[1].': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'patience': 0.16; 'subject:son': 0.16; 'do,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'thu,': 0.19; 'seems': 0.21; 'memory': 0.22; 'question': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'compiled': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; '[1]': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'message- id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; 'asked': 0.31; '13,': 0.31; 'fine,': 0.31; 'material.': 0.31; 'moment': 0.34; "can't": 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'building': 0.35; "he's": 0.36; 'in.': 0.36; 'doing': 0.36; 'useful': 0.36; 'question,': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'list,': 0.38; 'resource': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'most': 0.60; 'john': 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'name': 0.63; 'provide': 0.64; 'road': 0.65; 'subject:wants': 0.74; 'experiences,': 0.84; 'prefers': 0.84; 'yes!': 0.91; 'before?': 0.93; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=GaI5Oo01tb6c3CPElrpNn2xWVzhbuS+UnEPbSGYlQvg=; b=v0BD63/cwm55cMDcHL7ffh3gAcJPcvUj2z2GmSOaHlg4LWliIjC01M/DfKCak/soMS f69HoDkSM9OmUFr0Wblgzo/X/6yPI5iakwlqKzIkOSv7HsBabJUYJEUMoWAGUpYmi83L 19aHInXh0rt3+rQRyGCA59D8HxrupMuDIglT0ge8qzOst57f/rC2UQ1mU4GTVVKUeRwV 34csiMvI2ZCY7zT/cqgBaqSSmO1AickzyyLQG7PxUk+XcgOZq1AT2qQKYYKT8kLf+p2t vVCtwEZjDAYr9+x8vbdib2nVBhc+pfryueHviE6I3sHR4SjOGfv4Qu9hstjj8GN/GHJx 6wIA== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.52.65.238 with SMTP id a14mr8733290vdt.24.1371067366542; Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:02:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <575a3a4c-b99f-43b4-aa2b-84dfaf3e89b4@googlegroups.com> References: <575a3a4c-b99f-43b4-aa2b-84dfaf3e89b4@googlegroups.com> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 06:02:46 +1000 Subject: Re: My son wants me to teach him Python From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 19 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1371067375 news.xs4all.nl 15928 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:56192 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:47837 On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 5:46 AM, John Ladasky wrote: > He's a smart kid, but prefers to be shown, to be tutored, rather than having the patience to sit down and RTFM. Have any of you been down this road before? I would appreciate it if you would share your experiences, or provide resource material. > Actually yes! My dad (whose name is also John) asked me the same question, regarding one of my siblings. I put the question to the list, and got back a number of excellent and most useful answers regarding book recommendations, and we ended up going with (if memory serves me) Think Python [1]. It seems to be doing fine, though I've overheard some issues regarding Tkinter, Python 3.3, and Debian Squeeze. So be aware that you may have to compile your own Python, and if you do, you may have to look at what modules get compiled in. But from my experience of building Python, that's not difficult. [1] http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ I think, but DNS on this computer is broken at the moment so I can't verify that link ChrisA