learning python

bpb101

hey everybody

i have not a notion of how to program but i have an intrest in phyton and i know it works well with ubuntu.

so can anybody tell me the name of a book to learn python? starting with the very basics of programing...


Barry

conor.hogan.2

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf

The Python docs are also very good.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

bpb101

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.pdf

The Python docs are also very good.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

Thanks, Book looks good , ill have a read...

conor.hogan.2

bpb101 wrote: »

Thanks, Book looks good , ill have a read...

I would then move onto the actual python wiki and then the documentation for reference when you get into the actual code properly.

After you know the basics these google videos are excellent - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk&ob=av3e

bpb101

vid's look good , i would hope to do computer sciences after my leaving cert (in 5th year)and would like to have some knowledge in a computer language ,even though i know it will start presuming nobody has a clue how to program

Smithy2306

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Python-Programming-Absolute-Beginner-Dawson/dp/1435455002/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329304478&sr=8-1

Great book, and got me into Python. Beware though, the online resources have been taken down by the publisher for whatever reason.

raher1

How do you find Phyton now?

bpb101

Sonye wrote: »

How do you find Phyton now?

Tbh - well i printed off the book mention above and well i never realy got started , I am trying to fit the leaving cert(13) around it and after mid term i hadn't got the time for it but i do want to do it

WolfgangWeisen

If you're intending on doing computer science, I would start learning C and then move on to an object orientated language such as Java or C++.

CS degrees will focus on a combination of some or all of the above so having some experience from the outset will make life significantly easier for you, especially having good object orientated fundamentals.

fergalr

WolfgangWeisen wrote: »

If you're intending on doing computer science, I would start learning C and then move on to an object orientated language such as Java or C++.

CS degrees will focus on a combination of some or all of the above so having some experience from the outset will make life significantly easier for you, especially having good object orientated fundamentals.

I'd disagree slightly with this advice.

C is a pretty clean language.
For a highly motivated beginner, with a lot of time, maybe it would be a good place to start.

But, if there isn't a lot of time available, C might require such a large investment before you see outcomes, that you might run out of time and motivation. It takes a long time to accomplish stuff in C, as a beginner.

I would advise beginners stay away from C++ for quite a while; its powerful, but its a mess.

I wouldn't worry too much about the object oriented stuff at the start.

Python is a pretty good language to start off with, these days, I think.