Re: Beginner's Python Book Or Website Suggestion

[Nicole Becher <fridaygoldsmith () gmail com>]

Zed Shaw has some great tutorials:
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/
this is the companion book where you can work through exercises by yourself.

or the video lectures where you basically pair program with him.  there is a real web app at the end.
http://www.udemy.com/learn-python-the-hard-way/


On Jun 12, 2012, at 2:09 PM, Arch Angel wrote:

> My son, some of you have met, is showing an interest in Python programming.  He has never done any sort of 
> programming in the past, however I told him that we would learn Python together.  I have very little programming 
> experience myself, but I have worked in Python in the past.  Mostly either reworking something already written or 
> very small targeted scripts for a certain task.
>
> What would be a good book , or website, that we can sit down at the kitchen table to learn Python side by side?
>
> I thinking something which creates short bursts of code that has a usable product in the end might be better, this 
> way he doesn't get bored and decide to quit before he realizes the power of Python.
>
> Thanks everyone!
>
> Robert
> (arch3angel)
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