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2008-01-08

Resources for learning to program in Python

Python is a great language for beginners. (It is also a great language for any application: imperative programming, object-oriented programming and functional programming.)

• How to think like a (Python) programmer, a free e-book, teaches the basics in a very intelligent way.
• Dive into Python is the most famous e-book. It is even an installable package in Ubuntu Linux.
• Style guide for Python code (PEP 8)
• Docstring conventions (PEP 257)
• Idiomatic Python

Enlightening blog posts

• Python is not Java
• Python properties

For advanced programmers

• What’s new in Python
• The Python debugger
• The Python Challenge is for advanced programmers to improve their skills. You solve problems, then compare implementations.
• SQLAlchemy is a great ORM.
• Python coroutines

Posted by Nando Florestan

Tags: in English, programming