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How do I learn Python?
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The official tutorial is still a good place to start (in the Doc
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directory as tut/tut.tex; and http://www.python.org/doc/tut/tut.html).
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The official tutorial is still a good place to start; see
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http://www.python.org/doc/ for online and downloadable versions.
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Aaron Watters wrote a second tutorial, that may be more accessible for
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some: http://www.networkcomputing.com/unixworld/tutorial/005/005.html.
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Both tutorials (as well as most other sources) assume that you already
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know how to program -- if you'd like to write "Python for Dummies", I
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know a publisher who would like to talk to you...
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There are now also several books on Python. While these are still
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based on Python 1.3 or 1.4, the information in them is still 99%
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correct. The first two books, both first published in October 1996
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and both including a CD-ROM, form excellent companions to each other:
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There are now also several books on Python. The first book is the
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most recent and covers Python 1.5.X. The other two books, both
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first published in October 1996 and both including a CD-ROM, form
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excellent companions to each other. Though these two are still based
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on Python 1.3 or 1.4, the information in them is still 99% correct.
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Learning Python
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by Mark Lutz and David Ascher
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O'Reilly & Associates
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ISBN: 1-56592-464-9
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Internet Programming with Python
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by Aaron Watters, Guido van Rossum, and James Ahlstrom
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Documentation
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All documentation is provided in the subdirectory Doc in the form of
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LaTeX files. In order of importance for new users: Tutorial (tut),
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Library Reference (lib), Language Reference (ref), Extending (ext).
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All documentation is provided online in a variety of formats. In
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order of importance for new users: Tutorial, Library Reference,
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Language Reference, Extending & Embedding, and the Python/C API.
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Especially the Library Reference is of immense value since much of
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Python's power (including the built-in data types and functions!) is
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described here.
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described there.
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To print the documentation from the LaTeX files, chdir into the Doc
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subdirectory, type "make" (let's hope you have LaTeX installed!), and
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send the four resulting PostScript files (tut.ps, lib.ps, ref.ps, and
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ext.ps) to the printer. See the README file there. If you don't have
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LaTeX, you can ftp the PostScript files from the ftp archives (see
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below).
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All documentation is also available on-line via the Python web site
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(http://www.python.org/, see below). It can also be downloaded
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separately from the ftp archives (see below) in Emacs INFO, HTML or
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PostScript form -- see the web site or the FAQ
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(http://grail.cnri.reston.va.us/cgi-bin/faqw.py or
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http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html) for more info.
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All documentation is also available online via the Python web site
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(http://www.python.org/, see below). It is available online for
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occaissional reference, or can be downloaded in many formats for
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faster access. The documents are available in HTML, PostScript, PDF,
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HTML Help, and LaTeX; the LaTeX version is primarily for documentation
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authors or people with special formatting requirements.
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Emacs mode
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comments.
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Demo/ Demonstration scripts, modules and programs
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Doc/ Documentation (LaTeX sources)
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Grammar/ Input for the parser generator
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Include/ Public header files
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Lib/ Python library modules
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