Re: Looking for a programming resource for newbees

Steve,

Try this.

http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/

If you were at the Python.org site, and clicked on "Getting started,"
the first sentence says, "Are you completely new to programming?"
That's you, right? ;)

http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers

After you learn a little bit, if you really want "case studies" then
move on to the Python Cookbook, but that is pretty advanced coding.

A newer book called Beginning Python

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201748843/inscape20/

comes at it with a brief intro and then gets right into actual
projects, but I don't think the writing is as well done as say, Chris
Fehily's Python Quickstart Guide.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/0201748843/inscape20/

but caution here because it is 2001, a little long in tooth but snappy
writing and gobs of examples.

rick

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