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So you want to learn python! Smart choice! Welcome here!
You need to learn
- language syntax (how to tell computer what you want to do)
- data structures (how to model things in your programs)
- solving problems (how to put syntax and data together)
This website wnats to be guide for a young computer enthusiast without programming experience when learning best first language (python). Which books are best? Where to start? If you are experienced programmer, go directly to python website or go solve some Tasks. If you stay here, you will get "annotated guide" to python.org website, and other information.
Python basics
- Why programming -
- Why python - python is easy to learn and read, yet scales well to real problems
- How to start
- Python Books - and other online and offline resources
- Compare Python - how python stands when compared with other languages?
- Other Languages
After Basics
Data Structures
- Classic book Algorithms and Data Structures (pdf) by N. Wirth 1985.
- Foundation of Computer Science - comparing complexity of different algorithms.
Tasks for python learners
Python, is like any other language: to learn it you need to use it to solve some training problems. So we provide tasks (or etudes, a term coined by excellend book Etudes for Programmers, one of the best programming books ever, long time out of print)
- For beginners - some easy tasks to start your programming journey
- For advanced programmers - helping you to become expert
- Other sources of tasks to solve: iBiblio
Feedback, question, suggestions
Ask questions at Programming Talk Ubuntu Forum
Links
- Simple web server - cd to the the directory you want to serve, type in the one liner in the command line “python -c 'import SimpleHTTPServer; SimpleHTTPServer.test()'” and proceed to http://localhost:8000/ via browser
- http://showmedo.com/videos/python - videos about python - from "install how-to" to "20 minute wiki using turbogears"
- BinaryCode - and CPU architecture
- This wiki was created by collecting good information from many sources all over internet (starting with python.org ), many python blogs and mailing lists, and as result from discussions with great folks of Programming Talk forum best Linux distro: Ubuntu . If you don't use it yet, you are missing a lot!
- If you want to get in touch with me, try above forum, or email me at: learnpydia AT googlegroups DOT com
- Yes, You can also contribute with your ideas and suggestion: What can you do with a wiki? Take a tour
- How do you create a new page? 2 easy ways
- Learn how to use bold, italics, tables, and more: The wiki style page
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