Python - is it difficult to learn ??

CFC1969

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Is Python a difficult language to learn ?? , I am looking to do some scripting , writing Transforms in Maltego

http://code.google.com/p/pymaltego/

I do not have much scripting experience, apart from config scripts, CISCO etc ...

Thanks for any help in advance

conor.hogan.2

No it is one of the easier languages to work with. I am learning it myself now but I knew a few languages before it.

CFC1969

Nice One Conor


Any recomendations for beginnings ... this guy was recomended to me


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Mf0h3HphEA

conor.hogan.2

From all I have watched of Bucky he is very good for beginners. Watching his videos and reading http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ should be enough to start at least.

I am not using either but both come highly recommended. Make sure you practice doing as much as possible as much like organic natural languages and instruments you will not learn programming by being passive.

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide also looks good and if it is anything like Ruby documentation it will also be a great resource.

CFC1969

Thats great Conor


Appreciate the help


Slan / Ed

CFC1969

Thats great Conor, appreciate the help

Awkward Customer

conor.hogan.2 wrote: »

From all I have watched of Bucky he is very good for beginners. Watching his videos and reading http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ should be enough to start at least.

I would also recommend Learn Python the Hard Way, I bought the epub version but found that I mostly read the html version via the website for free. Was defintely the biggest help as a newbie to Python.

I've also heard good things about Nick Parlante's Google Python Class.

And compared to learning C, I found learning Python quite easy and enoyable.

Good luck!

conor.hogan.2

Awkward Customer wrote: »

I would also recommend Learn Python the Hard Way, I bought the epub version but found that I mostly read the html version via the website for free. Was defintely the biggest help as a newbie to Python.

I've also heard good things about Nick Parlante's Google Python Class.

And compared to learning C, I found learning Python quite easy and enoyable.

Good luck!

Yes, that is a great weekend class but I would leave this until after a simpler gentler intro to programming through a book or videos.

CFC1969 wrote: »

Thats great Conor
Appreciate the help

Slan / Ed

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imho this would be a good place to start:
http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs101/CourseRev/apr2012