Learning to program in Python

[Paul Rubin]

"jbchua" <chizzua at gmail.com> writes:
> I am an Electrical Engineering major and have dabbled in several
> languages such as Python, C, and Java in my spare time because of my
> interest in programming. However, I have not done any practical
> programming because I have no idea where to get started. I taught
> myself these languages basically by e-tutorials and books. This makes
> me feel as if I don't really know how to implement these languages.
> Does anybody have any advice on where to start applying my limited
> knowledge practically in order to advance my learning?

Try http://www.diveintopython.org .

If you want something more academic about programming in general, try
 http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/