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What did you use to teach yourself Python?
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Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
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Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
#43I'm using the freely available thinkpython.pdf from http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
here's my setup - http://ideamonk.blogspot.com/2008/11/playing-with-python.htm...
I just wrote a script to getch results of all my batchmates from the college result site... :) http://sites.google.com/site/ideamonks/Home/107result.txt
Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
#44I actually learned it recently by writing a small app for the Google App Engine and referencing the python docs.
After that I started learning Django using the Django docs and http://www.djangobook.com/ and this kind of rounded out the python bits as I went along
Haven't actually made reference to an actual Python book yet
Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
#45David Beazley's Python Essential Reference.
you can do chapter 1 examples with the python basics in the interpreter and go from there. by far the easiest and best programming book I've ever come across.
All the basics in one remarkably short chapter.
of course, you'll have to have an understanding of concepts, like lists for instance. but it's so easy to play around in python you can figure those things out, and how they work on your own.
then use the python cookbook to hack up your own scripts. break them down to simple versions and you'll learn a lot when solving your own problems.
Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
#46I pretty much begin doing projects in it. Started with some basic web scrapers, then I built a site in Django. Yes, I was one of those bastards that was learning Python AND Django at the same time, but it worked out for me. I read the Python tutorial, and I have Python in a nutshell which I find is a great way to look something up and get a pretty good, detailed explanation on it.
Also one of those "bastards."
What's the time-frame between initial learning of Python and starting of learning Django to qualify as "one of those bastards"?
'cause I might be "one of those bastards", but I'm not sure. =\
Re: What did you use to teach yourself Python?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also one of those "bastards."
What's the time-frame between initial learning of Python and starting of learning Django to qualify as "one of those bastards"? 'cause I might be "one of those bastards", but I'm not sure. =\
It was pretty well simultaneous for me.