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My dad wants to learn Python
2007-10-28, 7:51 PM #1
He's a safety and fire engineer who wants to modify the software BitPim which he uses to sync address books. It's written in Python. However, I don't know Python, nor have I ever studied it.

Does anyone have some good sources on learning Python? kthxbai
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2007-10-28, 7:55 PM #2
python.org

It's a wonderful first language btw... probably my top pick
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2007-10-28, 8:08 PM #3
Always check out the O'Reilly books too.
2007-10-28, 8:20 PM #4
Python is also used in the web design product Plone... look into that, I believe they at least have links to books and such on the subject. g'uck!
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2007-10-28, 8:32 PM #5
Python.org is great. When I was trying to learn, that's what I used, and it was really easy to understand, even when I was 12.

Of course, recognizing the difference between input and imput was too much for a 12 year old...
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2007-10-28, 8:44 PM #6
just get your dad to hire one of the many unemployed CS majors lying around for minimum wage.
2007-10-28, 9:04 PM #7
My dad is attempting to learn Python as well (though, he has not worked on it much as of late). He likes to read tutorials/examples online and implement the code himself. He is a big proponent of learning by doing and it seems to be working for him.
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2007-10-28, 9:17 PM #8
I have some experience with Python (Our product is written in it). It's relatively simple, and very powerful.
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2007-10-29, 1:20 AM #9
I'm learning Python too!
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2007-10-29, 2:13 AM #10
Your dad does what I am going to college for! Cool.
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