[socal-piggies] New member introduction

[Michael Chean]

Very Nice! Bookmarked!!




Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:27:02 -0800
From: andrew.kou at gmail.com
To: socal-piggies at lists.idyll.org
Subject: Re: [socal-piggies] New member introduction

Welcome!


I would also like to remind everyone about the resource page and training materials page on the Piggies' wiki.


I think going through "Instant Python" and "Learn Python in 10 minutes" (see training materials page) really helped get me use to the syntax.

"Learning Python" by Mark Lutz is incredibly useful for intermediate and beyond.


I think that the aspect that is most different about Python compared to some other languages is the fact that code is so easy to read that it is best to just jump in and start reading source code fairly early on. Don't know what an API does? Just look at the source you'll most likely pick up more Pythonic code this way as well.



Best Regards,


- Andrew Kou




On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Christopher Mahan <chris.mahan at gmail.com> wrote:

I's say go with 2, since it's in use most everywhere. 
Also, the tutorial at

http://docs.python.org/tutorial/

Can get you a long way.
Christopher Mahan 

818.671.1709 

chris.mahan at gmail.com 

http://christophermahan.com
On Jan 20, 2011 3:17 PM, "Michael Chean" <michael_chean at msn.com> wrote:
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> I was just wondering, as a beginner, do you prefer this book to the Dive Into Python book: 


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> http://diveintopython3.org/
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> http://diveintopython.org/


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> From: lindi.emoungu at gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:13:41 -0800
> To: socal-piggies at lists.idyll.org


> Subject: Re: [socal-piggies] New member introduction
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> Sounds interesting.  I'm new to Python as well, and I'd like to attend tonight's event.
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> On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Paul Hildebrandt <paul_hildebrandt at yahoo.com> wrote:


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>     BTW Daniel, the guy who wrote that book will be giving a tutorial on
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>     http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/sessions/99/
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>     On 01/20/2011 11:57 AM, Daniel J Stewart wrote:
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>       I'm new to Python, and would like to participate in the LA


>       community. Is it too late for me to inquire about attending
>       tonight's presentation? I promise I won't ask a single question
>       until I've finished reading this.
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>       Thank you,
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>       Daniel Stewart
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