Looking for resources for making the jump from Java to Python easier and more productive

[ToddLMorgan]

I'm just starting out with python, after having a long history with
Java. I was wondering if there were any resources or tips from anyone
out there in Python-land that can help me make the transition as
successfully as possible? Perhaps you've made the transition yourself
or just have experience with folks who have made the transition.

I'm looking for the common types of mistakes that say a Java/C# or
even C++ developer may commonly make. More examples like those
highlighted here http://dirtsimple.org/2004/12/python-is-not-java.html
would be particularly useful. I've already made the static class
method mistake, and been thoroughly confused by packages and
imports/froms and extremely frustrated with attempting to call super
constructors etc.  I'm getting the hang of passing around functions
(ala the command pattern), customising the operators and extending
inbuilt classes. All of these concepts I've done before so there
nothing really great and wonderful about using them in another
language. Some of the really powerful ideas of python (eg as suggested
in the link) about creating one function containing a template function
that can cater to all possible implementations sounds really cool and
alien to me at the same time. That's the sort of stuff I'm
interested in.

At this point in time I'd say my python code is more coding Java in
python than doing it in a pythonic way. Perhaps there some good/great
examples of Python scripts or projects that I could look at to get
inspired or learn pythonic implementation ideas? I just don't know of
any. Are there python specific equivalents to the common Patterns,
Anti-Patterns and Refactoring books that are so prevalent as
reccomended reading in C++ and Java? If so what?

Given the rising popularity of Python these days there has got to be a
few of you out there who've made the transition successfully and have
some pearls-of-wisdom to share that you'd wished you'd known about
earlier.

Thanks
     Todd