[Tutor] Help Learn python - Step by Step

[Albert-Jan Roskam]

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On Sat, May 9, 2015 7:08 PM CEST boB Stepp wrote:

>On Sat, May 9, 2015 at 3:23 AM, acolta <andrycolt007 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi guys,
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>> I want to start coding in python. My background is Linux/Bash/Perl (begginner).
>> My appreciate if somebody will recommend books/tutorials + exercises to practice.
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>This question comes up quite frequently. If you have not done so
>already, try searching the Tutor archives.
>
>If you have a good bookstore nearby that is likely to carry
>programming-related books, you might just want to do some browsing and
>then look at reviews online. My local Barnes & Noble (I'm in the USA.)
>always has a selection of Python books.
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>And of course there are tons of online resources, including tutorials
>on Python's official site. As always, a search engine is your good
>friend. Also, Alan Gauld (Moderator for this list.) has a good one.
>Look for one of his emails; he always has a link to it in his
>signature area.
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>I am learning myself, and, being old-fashioned (I suppose.), I tend to
>prefer hard-copy books. If you feel any degree of comfort writing Perl
>scripts and programming in general, then you might jump into something
>like Mark Summerfield's two book series, "Programming in Python 3, 2nd
>ed." 

That book is goooooood, and even if you use Python 2 it barely matters that it's about Python 3.