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Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources?

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On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 6:50 AM, Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/2014 11:34 AM, Matt Watson wrote:
>
>> My question to you guys is... for someone like me, what route would you
>> take to learning Python?
>
>
> I'd work my way through the tutorial [1] then pick a work based project and
> start right in.  Ask questions along the way.
>
> [1] http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/

I'd agree, except that I'd use this link [2] instead, and a Python 3.x
interpreter. Unless you have a good reason for writing Python 2 code
and learning Python 2, skip it and go straight to Py3.

ChrisA

[2] http://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/

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Diving in to Python - Best resources? Matt Watson <mattwatson.mail@gmail.com> - 2014-01-20 11:34 -0800
  Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2014-01-20 11:50 -0800
  Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-01-21 10:49 +1100
  Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-01-21 08:00 -0800
    Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-01-21 12:57 -0500
    Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-01-21 10:53 -0800
  Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? notbob <notbob@nothome.com> - 2014-01-22 02:19 +0000
  Re: Diving in to Python - Best resources? Agility <hacktheplanet@gmail.com> - 2014-01-22 21:23 -0800

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