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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2014 10:49:09 +1100
Subject: 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/