PHP5 programmer learning Python

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On May 27, 9:41 am, romiro <rroger... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a PHP5 developer looking to "broaden my horizons" so to speak by
> learning a new language. I emphasize the 5 in PHP since I have fully
> engrossed myself in the full OOP of version 5 with my own ground-up
> projects as well as some work with PRADO (http://pradosoft.com)
>
> I've dabbled with a number of languages in the past, Python being no
> exception, but always ended up coming back to PHP due to being
> comfortable with it.  Python has stuck to me as a language I _really_
> think I should know more about.  I've recently tried C#, a very short
> lived re-attempt at C++ and Java, and Ruby.  None of those seemed
> "fun" except for Ruby, although from what I've seen the syntax between
> Ruby and Python are very similar to each other compared to the other
> languages.
>
> Anyway, my first question was if anyone knows of a tutorial that
> focuses on PHP -> Python learning, in such that there might be a block
> of PHP code alongside an example of how to do the same thing in
> Python.  One example of something I've already mapped a comparison to
> thanks to standard tutorials is a PHP numeric indexed array being
> similar to a list and a PHP associative array being similar to a
> dictionary.  Of course finding such of a tutorial isn't a deal breaker
> by any means, but I figured that having it available would be a boon
> for me to actually make some headway in my Python learning adventure.
>
> If there's anything else that could be said about the migration
> between the two languages, I'm all ears. I also don't really need to
> hear about how "disgusting" php is as a language...I am aware of the
> contained chaos that is PHP4, which is why I develop strictly in 5
> using its OOP to the extent my feeble brain allows, a wariness toward
> the insecure pitfalls the language has begat in the past, and an
> attempt to produce as clean of a syntax as the language can allow.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.

Read "Learning Python(2nd ed)" and do all the exercises. If you have
questions, post them.