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I didn't know where to post this, so I imagined that create a new thread were a better idea =P, I thought about post them in Coding Helpers, but I thought that this points somewhere different.
The idea here is simple, share your links and documents, but you've to explain (in a few words) why do you found the resource interesting, I always found that has way much value recommendations that mere results (I rather click on a link because someone recommend it, and told me why, than click because google "imagined" that I was looking for it).
Ok -too much talking-, so here I start:
1.The same guy (Nick Parlante) behind codingbat (explained in the Coding Helpers thread) is behind this project too[1]. It has exercises, video and audio lectures (and some puzzles too!)
[1] http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/
2.This book[2] is amazing too, but it's basic, the author recommends it to someone that want to learn programming most that learn python (of course is about python). The book has a very original (and uncommon - to say the less) way to teach (hence the title), it's also very (very) funny.
[2] http://learnpythonthehardway.org/home
PS.- I found that the author, just "finished" the book and he is going to sell it (pdf version will be available for free) cheap through lulu.com.
3.The interesting thing about this one[3], is that is about Python 3.0 (it has a a python 2.6 too [4]), most books are about 2.x, so a "refresh" is welcome :).
[3] http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
[4] http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byteofpython/read/ (html version)
[5] http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byteofpython/files/120/byteofpython_120... (2.x version)
I have a couple more, but are in spanish, so, let me know if it's okay to post it here too.
An interesting post about how distros are killing python: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html (it has nothing to do about "learning" python, but still).
Learning Python Resources
I didn't know where to post this, so I imagined that create a new thread were a better idea =P, I thought about post them in Coding Helpers, but I thought that this points somewhere different.
The idea here is simple, share your links and documents, but you've to explain (in a few words) why do you found the resource interesting, I always found that has way much value recommendations that mere results (I rather click on a link because someone recommend it, and told me why, than click because google "imagined" that I was looking for it).
Ok -too much talking-, so here I start:
1.The same guy (Nick Parlante) behind codingbat (explained in the Coding Helpers thread) is behind this project too[1]. It has exercises, video and audio lectures (and some puzzles too!)
[1] http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/
2.This book[2] is amazing too, but it's basic, the author recommends it to someone that want to learn programming most that learn python (of course is about python). The book has a very original (and uncommon - to say the less) way to teach (hence the title), it's also very (very) funny.
[2] http://learnpythonthehardway.org/home
PS.- I found that the author, just "finished" the book and he is going to sell it (pdf version will be available for free) cheap through lulu.com.
3.The interesting thing about this one[3], is that is about Python 3.0 (it has a a python 2.6 too [4]), most books are about 2.x, so a "refresh" is welcome :).
[3] http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python
[4] http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byteofpython/read/ (html version)
[5] http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byteofpython/files/120/byteofpython_120... (2.x version)
I have a couple more, but are in spanish, so, let me know if it's okay to post it here too.
An interesting post about how distros are killing python: http://sheddingbikes.com/posts/1285063820.html (it has nothing to do about "learning" python, but still).