Thank you.
And so glad you've made a 3.5 tutorial - it annoyed the hell out of me when
I fired up my first PI and it was running the decade-old Python2.
I mean, FFS, Python 3.x has been out NINE YEARS now, and yet still the
default for some Linux is 2.7 and I just got offered an "new" online course
in, guess what? Version 2.6!
And so of course you then get people thinking Python 2.x is the thing to be
writing python in, which means it is taking way too long to die.
It's like writing a book about the internet and then saying "don't forget
to use Netscape Navigator"!
Sorry, rant over, course appreciated!
On 20 February 2017 at 14:51, Patrick Smyth <patricksmyth01@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The Python docs aren't really for learning, they're more for
reference once you know what you're doing. You'll be happy they're
there later, but they're not much help at the beginning.
I just wrote an intro Python tutorial myself. It's a bit basic,
but maybe someone will get some use out of it.
https://github.com/smythp/intro-python-workshop
Also let me know what you think of GitHub's accessibility for full
screen readers, I'm curious.
Best,
Patrick
Tom Fowle <wa6ivgtf@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Chuck,===========================================================
I looked a bit at "learn python the hard way"
and it seems a bit harsh for my tastes.
My wife uses the below tutorial, and giving it a look it seems
accesssible
with reasonable explanations. It does get pretty advanced
pretty quickly,
but nobody's looking, you only need to read what you want.
http://www.python-course.eu/index.php
BTW, the actual python documentation is written in what I call
"nerdian",
I suppose they try to cover all possible ramifications of
everything, but I
find it to be the last resort when desperate.
It's another of the curses of linux, the best thing about linux
is that it's
fully documented;
and
the worst thing about linux is that it's fully documented!
<GRIN>.
All the above are statements of a relative python newby and no
claims of
accuracy or utility are made.
Tom Fowle
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