Land of Lisp: Learn to Program in Lisp, One Game at a Time

Post by cal5k » Tue, Oct 19, 2010, 3:41 AM UTC

zedshaw wrote: post #26

cal5k wrote: post #19

I love the concept - is there anything like this for Python?

Check out his book since it looks like it might be good, but if you really want to learn Python and need a good place to start, I've written one: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ It's free, you can download a PDF, and you can hit: http://learncodethehardway.org/ To ask questions if you get stuck. If you already know how to code it might be too simple for you.

Post by instasaint » Mon, Oct 25, 2010, 5:17 AM UTC

cal5k wrote: post #51

zedshaw wrote: post #26

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Check out his book since it looks like it might be good, but if you really want to learn Python and need a good place to start, I've written one: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ It's free, you can download a PDF, and you can hit: http://learncodethehardway.org/ To ask questions if you get stuck. If you already know how to code it might be too simple for you.

Thanks for the suggestion :-) I had a ton of experience with C and Java back when I was in high school and somewhat through university, but after I finished university I fell out of it. Your book looks like a great introduction for a complete newcomer to programming, but I've picked up "How To Think Like a Computer Scientist" and it seems to be more on my level. You are an amazing person, however, for releasing all o…