Re: Looking for good beginner's tutorial

In article <438ce39e$1_1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kent Johnson <kent37@xxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Roy Smith wrote:
> > My wife wants to learn Python. Can anybody suggest a good tutorial
> > for her to read? She's a PhD molecular biologist who is a pretty
> > advanced Unix user. She mucks about with Perl scripts doing things
> > like text processing and even some simple CGI scripts, but has no
> > formal programming training.
>
> http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers
> Kent

That looks like just what I need, thanks! I even see two tutorials aimed
at bioinformatics people, which hit the spot perfectly.
.

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