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Re: Learn Python in minutes

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Post by kaoD »

ZanderEarth32 wrote: post #7

This looks very similar to the notes I was taking on my own when going through "learning python the hardway". Yours are much better and easier to read though, and make more sense in terms of going from very easy to more complicated in staggered steps. Great stuff! As a sidenote, how does everyone take note (if you even do) when learning something new like a language or some kind of skill?

I don't take notes.

I learn better when I read the same thing over and over from different sources, which might have additional details or different points of view.

Not taking notes forces me to go back when I don't remember something, often finding new sources.

Re: Learn Python in minutes

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Post by 404error »

tehwebguy wrote: post #20
404error wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same here, I just went through the same course. (Learn Python the hard way). Coming from a php background I had (and am having) problems wrapping my head around the packaging section. I started to lose interest because of it. It's as if I hit a wall. Can any Python hackers offer some good resources for learning more about packaging?

Are you trying to use packages or create them?

I'm trying to create packages.

I haven't been able to find a decent tutorial on creating packages. That particular section in "Learn Python the Hard Way" was hard for ME to follow. I was able to create a package but only after finding a link on stackoverflow question that then redirected me to a github page containing a sample package from an individual who also had problems. He states that his package worked but he wasn't sure if he created the package correctly.

I've tried reading the python documentation but I'm too dumb to understand some of the language. (No CS background, just a regular dude and a computer here.)

Re: Learn Python in minutes

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Post by bitsoda »

kaoD wrote: post #22
ZanderEarth32 wrote: post #7

This looks very similar to the notes I was taking on my own when going through "learning python the hardway". Yours are much better and easier to read though, and make more sense in terms of going from very easy to more complicated in staggered steps. Great stuff! As a sidenote, how does everyone take note (if you even do) when learning something new like a language or some kind of skill?

I don't take notes. I learn better when I read the same thing over and over from different sources, which might have additional details or different points of view. Not taking notes forces me to go back when I don't remember something, often finding new sources.

What taking notes does for me -- and I assume most other people -- is that it forces me to internalize what I just learned in a way that makes sense to my brain and fits within previous constructs I've already developed through n years of living.

Re: Learn Python in minutes

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Post by adambard »

nickpresta wrote: post #26

The bit about exceptions, using a comma instead of as, should just be left out. I don't imagine anyone starting out today is using Python < 2.6, and having both in the document is confusing.

I added that after the fact because someone did try to run the thing on python 2.4, got an error and was confused about it

Re: Learn Python in minutes

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Post by nickpresta »

adambard wrote: post #28
nickpresta wrote: post #26

The bit about exceptions, using a comma instead of as, should just be left out. I don't imagine anyone starting out today is using Python < 2.6, and having both in the document is confusing.

I added that after the fact because someone did try to run the thing on python 2.4, got an error and was confused about it

Responded in the ticket, but yeah, totally your call (obviously :D)
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