[Cialug] Becoming a python expert

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Actually Introducing python is primarily in python 3 with sidebars on 2.7:
http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920028659.do

And Jeff Knupp's Writing Idiomatic Python comes in both 3.0 and 2.7 flavors:
https://www.jeffknupp.com/writing-idiomatic-python-ebook/


On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:10 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> Some excellent sources here, but I just want to point out one big thing you
> have to consider when learning Python, and for the record, I did
> professional Python web development for several years:
>
> Python 2.x is extremely popular and there are a lot of resources available
> for it, but it is the past. Python 3.x is the future. Sadly, adoption has
> been slow. That means that a good amount of the training resources you'll
> find are targeted at Python 2.7, which means even the best of them will
> teach you bad habits. You'll need to root around for good Python 3
> resources.
>
> There are different learning styles. I'm more kinesthetic, which means I
> learn by doing. There were three things I used to learn Python:
>
> 1. Python Pocket Reference (this version supports Python 2 and 3):
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0596158084/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0596158084&linkCode=as2&tag=bearfruitorg-20&linkId=CSGMZU6XR23SEENY
>
> 2. The official Python tutorial, particularly read the firs 5 chapters,
> then explore the remainder of the tutorial, chapters 10 and 11 are useful:
> https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/
>
> 3. The Django tutorial:
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/intro/tutorial01/
>
> That last one may surprise you, but the reason I include it is because it
> is a very practical tutorial. Assuming you know a little Python (the
> chapters from item #2), within an hour you'll be building database web
> applications similar to the stuff you can do with MS Access. The downside
> is that Django has, until very recently, primarily supports Python 2.x. The
> Django 1.7 tutorial assumes Python 3, most other resources on the web
> assume Python 2.x.
>
> One other item I know of but don't have personal experience with is: "Think
> Like a Computer Scientist (Python 3)" at
> http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Thomas Kula <kula at tproa.net> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 10:33:42AM -0700, Ralph Kessel wrote:
> > > Decided to run python but need resources to learn and web address of
> > python user group.  Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > I was rather fond of Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way."
> >
> >
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