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I love the concept - is there anything like this for Python?

• zedshaw 16y ago
  Check out his book since it looks like it might be good, but if you really want to learn Python and need a good place to start, I've written one: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ It's free, you can download a PDF, and you can hit: http://learncodethehardway.org/ http://learncodethehardway.org/ To ask questions if you get stuck. If you already know how to code it might be too simple for you.
  • cal5k 16y ago
    Thanks for the suggestion :-) I had a ton of experience with C and Java back when I was in high school and somewhat through university, but after I finished university I fell out of it. Your book looks like a great introduction for a complete newcomer to programming, but I've picked up "How To Think Like a Computer Scientist" and it seems to be more on my level. You are an amazing person, however, for releasing all of your hard work for anyone to learn from!
    • instasaint 16y ago
      Can the code in this book be converted to Python3 by using 2to3 tool? I don't know Python or I'd have answered this question myself.
• jesusabdullah 16y ago
  This might be the ticket: http://inventwithpython.com/ http://inventwithpython.com/ . I haven't gone through it really, but the goal of teaching through making games is similar, and I do know he wrote a pretty good clone of gorillas (http://github.com/jesusabdullah/gorillas http://github.com/jesusabdullah/gorillas is my own copy, if it interests you).
  • cal5k 16y ago
    Wow! Thanks :-) This is exactly what I was looking for. So much nostalgia for the years spent trying to code a killer text-based game in QBASIC... tear