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[Basilisk96]

On May 22, 5:44 pm, sbrosci... at gmail.com wrote:
> On May 22, 6:29 am, jolly <jemna... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hey guys,
>
> > I want to begin python. Does anyone know where a good starting point
> > is?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Jem
>
> I really liked How to Think Like a Computer Scientist learning with
> python foound athttp://www.ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCSpy/. Unlike most
> paper books you'd be hard pressed to find typos (that at this level of
> programming you wouldn't notice) there.  Also if you want another
> source of info trywww.diveintopython.org. You can find the book on
> the store shelves, but why pay when you can get it for free of the
> net. You can view it as HTML or download the .pdf.

I agree with the previous post on the "Think Like a CS" book. It is
excellent text for getting your feet wet in Python, whether you have
had previous programming experience or not.