is there a "best" online python tutorial?

[kline]

On Sun, 2011-01-02 at 23:51 +0100, Giorgos Keramidas wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2011 13:29:44 -0800, Gary Kline <kline at thought.org> wrote:
> > Guys,
> >
> > I actaully have studied python...but only for about twenty
> > minutes); maybe a few days, actually.  What is the best online
> > tutorial to learn python?  With ink+paper book, altho in lots of
> > ways I prefer real books, they almost demand two hands.  Or
> > paper weights, in my case.
> >
> > thanks in advance for the gbest, or top two or three sites,
> > gary
> 
> Start at the online docs section of www.python.org:
> 
>     http://www.python.org/doc/
> 
> The 'Additional documentation' section has a few very good guides.
> 
> Then there's always a number of books that you can read online,
> download, print and use offline too:
> 
>     • How to Think Like a Computer Scientist — http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english2e/
> 
>       An introductory book that teaches basic concepts of
>       programming, algorithms and Python.  Highly recommended,
>       because of its excellent writing style and the large number
>       of topics it covers (recursion, exceptions, object oriented
>       programming, data structures [lists, stacks, queues, etc.]).
> 
>     • A Byte of Python — http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
> 
>       An introductory book about Python, updated even to version
>       3.0 of the language.  Written by Swaroop C.H., a developer
>       in India who maintains the book for several versions of
>       Python.
> 
>     • Dive Into Python — http://diveintopython.org/
> 
>       A Python book for experienced programmers.  If you already
>       know how to program in other languages and you are looking
>       for a nice guide that will teach you 'pythonic' ways of
>       writing code, this is an excellent book.
> 
> Even more guides for Python are listed at:
> 
>     http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
> 
> 
All of these sites look great.  I have them all either captured on my
firefox and hopefully correctly bookmarked.  Thanks very much!

gary




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