I highly recommend going through Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way". Other great Python related books to pick up are: Pro Python by Marty Alchin Expert P

I highly recommend going through Zed Shaw's "Learn Python the Hard Way". Other great Python related books to pick up are: Pro Python by Marty Alchin Expert Python Programming by Tarek Ziadé If you're looking to get into web development then, I'd suggest picking up: Practical Django Projects Pro Django and Django 1.1 Testing and Debugging Hope that helps!