Programming newbie coming from Ruby: a few Python questions

[John Salerno]

crystalattice wrote:

> Of course there's the O'Reilly set:  Learning Python, Programming
> Python, Python in a Nutshell, etc. 

Yep, Learning Python is the best to start. I haven't tried Programming 
Python yet (new edition soon), and once you understand Python, Python in 
a Nutshell is an excellent reference and also teaches you how a lot of 
things work under the hood.

For plenty of examples and "learn by doing," you can check out Dive Into 
Python. And while I don't really recommend Beginning Python to *learn* 
the language, there are 10 projects at the end of the book that you can 
work on once you have a grasp of the language.