[omaha] For Python beginners

[Wes Turner]

On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:04 PM, Tim Alexander via Omaha <omaha at python.org>
wrote:

> http://www.pythonchallenge.com/ is older, but also very good. For python
> specifically, I prefer it to Project Euler
>

I enjoyed the Rosalind.info exercises:
http://rosalind.info/problems/locations/ (Python, Python Bioinformatics)


>
> On Thu, May 21, 2015, 8:17 PM Gary Hlusko via Omaha <omaha at python.org>
> wrote:
>
> > Generally what I've suggested are codeacademy, python the hard way,
> youtube
> > tutorials from pycon, or the book "Beginning Python - From Novice To
> > Professional.
> >
> > For projects I recommend project Euler and 100 projects on github.
> > https://github.com/karan/Projects.
> >
> > I haven't really seen anyone in the workforce ask for certification for
> > data jobs asking for python. Sometimes they will ask for a sample project
> > you did or complete some really basic data project in 48 hours.
> >
> > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:06 PM, Eric Edens via Omaha <omaha at python.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > > Last I checked, dive into python is no longer recommended since it's
> > _so_
> > > out of date.
> > >
> > > No way! All that stuff runs fine on my 486.
> > >
> > > On Thu, May 21, 2015, 5:05 PM Tim Alexander <dragonfyre13 at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Last I checked, dive into python is no longer recommended since it's
> > _so_
> > > > out of date. I refer people to hitchhikers guide to python at
> > > > http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/ instead.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:31 PM Eric Edens via Omaha <
> > omaha at python.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> http://www.diveintopython.net/
> > > >>
> > > >> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Keith Nickum via Omaha <
> > > omaha at python.org
> > > >> >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > Noticed this GroupOn today to learn Python. $59 bucks for an
> online
> > > >> course
> > > >> > with a certificate isn't...*terrible* (of course there's always
> Code
> > > >> > Academy or, I'm guessing Khan Academy...or I want to say Harvard
> > > >> Extension
> > > >> > School may provide some online Python classes, all of which I
> > believe
> > > >> are
> > > >> > free?):
> > > >> >
> > > >> > https://www.groupon.com/deals/learnsmart-703-lincoln
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