Python documentation too difficult for beginners

John McMonagle jmcmonagle at NO.SPAM.velseis.com.au
Tue Nov 2 18:27:42 EDT 2010


On 03/11/10 05:04, John Nagle wrote:

>    Right.  Google does a far better job of organizing Python's
> documentation than the Python community does.  I don't even try
> looking up anything starting at Python.org; I always start
> with a Google search.  Even though Python.org's search is
> powered by Google, it's inferior to a general search.
> 
>    Compare:
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?domains=www.python.org&sitesearch=www.python.org&q=open
> 
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=Python+open
> 


Even better:


http://www.google.com/search?sitesearch=docs.python.org&q=open


Regards,

John McMonagle



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