Python for Beginners

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Post by codingblues » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 12:53 PM UTC

Python for Beginners
pythonforbeginners.com

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by swapnilt » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 1:51 PM UTC

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by codingblues » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:00 PM UTC

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

really trumps me... almost every coder I have ever met who has tried hands on python loves it...(easy to see why) and there isn't any scarcity of em. yet, its proving difficult to find a python guy to hire for our startup...

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by maskedinvader » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:08 PM UTC

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

trumps me too, We have a similar situation in my team, trying to find someone with even little python experience is becoming a painful task

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by danso » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:10 PM UTC

This is a nice layout but I'm afraid the blog structure is less than optimal. For a beginner, the priority of lessons is not their chronology of publishing, but of their logical place in the learning process.

Also, the taxonomy needs work...I don't think this is what I have in mind when I see the "basics" category of a beginners reference to Python:

http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/category/basics/

Basics for beginners should include such things as "what is programming?", "how do I install python?", "how do I run a script?" And so forth.

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by biscarch » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:13 PM UTC

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

I've also found Python incredibly easy to pick up, but that may be because it's my nth language and not my 1st, 2nd, etc

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by talloaktrees » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:19 PM UTC

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

This is funny. When I started learning programming with Python last year I kept reading about the scarcity of python jobs. Did it change so fast?

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by companyhen » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:33 PM UTC

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

I started a job as a web designer in Dec 2011 only knowning HTML/CSS. I picked up a little PHP and JS knowledge.. not much, but working with WordPress it kind of just happens.

I tried Learn Python the Hard Way, but when I finished the book I didn't feel like I had the skills to start a project, so I read the Django Book. I am more of a designer than a developer, I really want to get over the hump and start writing code that can do the things I envision.

I've tried codecademy, which is helpful, but I still don't feel I'm there yet. I have started a "web app", but I got stuck on a few features I want to add, so I'm stalling on those.

I'd really appreciate any guidance! No formal education, all self taught. I have grown immensely as a web designer over the past year, but my programming skills aren't growing nearly as fast...or at all anymore.

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by codingblues » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:35 PM UTC

danso wrote: post #5

This is a nice layout but I'm afraid the blog structure is less than optimal. For a beginner, the priority of lessons is not their chronology of publishing, but of their logical place in the learning process. Also, the taxonomy needs work...I don't think this is what I have in mind when I see the "basics" category of a beginners reference to Python: http://www.pythonforbeginners.com/category/basics/ Basics for beginn…

agreed... despite of a nice interface, the site does lack organization and some super beginner stuff, I did overlook the absence of those...

Re: Python for Beginners

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Post by elbear » Wed, Dec 26, 2012, 2:36 PM UTC

talloaktrees wrote: post #7

swapnilt wrote: post #2

I think Python is one of the easiest languages to pick up with a plethora of content available to start. Yet I have seen some crunch in number python programmers in the market lately. Companies struggling to hire python guys. Not sure why?

This is funny. When I started learning programming with Python last year I kept reading about the scarcity of python jobs. Did it change so fast?

I think there aren't that many Python jobs compared to Java, PHP, C#, but they're starting to increase.

It is strange to me as well, that I see so many people passionate about Python and, at the same time, I hear so many companies having difficulties finding Python devs.

One reason could be that the interest in Python varies by country. For example, in Romania there are very few Python programmers. Secondly, maybe the companies have too high expectations, asking for front and back-end experience and maybe even some low-level skills (C, C++).