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Google’s Python Lessons are Awesome

185 points by hartleybrody 15y ago

Trufa 15y ago
These videos were my first "Aha!" with programming, I loved them! I've shared it with many who were starting to program and they have proved to be very helpful in understanding, not only python but some of the basics of programming and what can be done with it.
denzil_correa 15y ago
I receive a Website Offline, No Cached Version Available error.
- tluthra 15y ago
  It probably buckled under a lot of traffic, but I'm still seeing cloudflare's cached copy of the article.
- Natsu 15y ago
  The article is very short. It just tells you that Google's Python intros are awesome, then gives you the links below: Lessons: https://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/introduction.html https://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/in... YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk Downloadable puzzles: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/exercises/basic.html http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/exe... You won't miss much if you skip the article entirely. That said, the material it links to seems pretty good. I've been trying to learn Python lately and working through the interpreter at first seems to be a good way to get a sense of how Python does things. And there are some neat libraries out there. For example, you're not much more than a "from pygr import worldbase" away from wandering through the human (or mouse, or yeast...) genome if you want to. That said, I still need to set up a proper vim config for Python.
  - denzil_correa 15y ago
    Thanks. I am an avid Python buff. However, I haven't yet discovered/cracked the true power of Python for web apps.
  - GFKjunior 15y ago
    The same guy who teaches this course also runs the site codingbat.com. It has a bunch of puzzles in python and java to test your chops on.
    - freehunter 15y ago
      I've been wondering this and haven't been sure who to ask. Would you say CodingBat would be a good way to learn Python from scratch? Like, instead of lessons, just go through their examples and learn from their solutions? Or is it purely a "test what you know" thing?
- mihaifm 15y ago
  Seeing the website down I thought this was some kind of ironic post :))
quink 15y ago
http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fblog.hartleybrody.com%2f2012%2f01%2fgoogle-python%2f&d=141132379545&mkt=en-AU&setlang=en-AU&w=27b9f9e4,55925895 http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fblog.hartleybr...
sumukh1 15y ago
Readability PDF: http://sumukh.me/GFM5+ http://sumukh.me/GFM5+ Site seems to be down (PDF posted above) but the link to the lessons is a good link to keep handy. Link to class: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/introduction.html http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/int... Link to video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk
- hartleybrody 15y ago
  Ahh, thanks so much for grabbing a cached PDF! I wasn't expecting to make the front page of HN and yes, my server went down. Great lesson in scalability!
rplnt 15y ago
That's how I started with python. Even year after that I sometimes went to that site for reference for some specific things I knew I'd find there. If someone knows how to program this is the resource I recommend for starting with python. It's easy, it's short, it's entertaining (some of the tasks) and it gives pretty nice overview.
laconian 15y ago
Awesome for switching between languages, but not so good for absolute beginners. I forwarded this to a PhD biologist friend who wants to learn the basics of programming (to possibly apply to the bioinformatics field), and she said "...what?!"

185 points by hartleybrody 15y ago

Trufa 15y ago

These videos were my first "Aha!" with programming, I loved them! I've shared it with many who were starting to program and they have proved to be very helpful in understanding, not only python but some of the basics of programming and what can be done with it.

denzil_correa 15y ago

I receive a Website Offline, No Cached Version Available error.

tluthra 15y ago
It probably buckled under a lot of traffic, but I'm still seeing cloudflare's cached copy of the article.
Natsu 15y ago
The article is very short. It just tells you that Google's Python intros are awesome, then gives you the links below: Lessons: https://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/introduction.html https://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/in... YouTube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk Downloadable puzzles: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/exercises/basic.html http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/exe... You won't miss much if you skip the article entirely. That said, the material it links to seems pretty good. I've been trying to learn Python lately and working through the interpreter at first seems to be a good way to get a sense of how Python does things. And there are some neat libraries out there. For example, you're not much more than a "from pygr import worldbase" away from wandering through the human (or mouse, or yeast...) genome if you want to. That said, I still need to set up a proper vim config for Python.
- denzil_correa 15y ago
  Thanks. I am an avid Python buff. However, I haven't yet discovered/cracked the true power of Python for web apps.
- GFKjunior 15y ago
  The same guy who teaches this course also runs the site codingbat.com. It has a bunch of puzzles in python and java to test your chops on.
  - freehunter 15y ago
    I've been wondering this and haven't been sure who to ask. Would you say CodingBat would be a good way to learn Python from scratch? Like, instead of lessons, just go through their examples and learn from their solutions? Or is it purely a "test what you know" thing?
mihaifm 15y ago
Seeing the website down I thought this was some kind of ironic post :))

quink 15y ago

http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fblog.hartleybrody.com%2f2012%2f01%2fgoogle-python%2f&d=141132379545&mkt=en-AU&setlang=en-AU&w=27b9f9e4,55925895 http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=http%3a%2f%2fblog.hartleybr...

sumukh1 15y ago

Readability PDF: http://sumukh.me/GFM5+ http://sumukh.me/GFM5+ Site seems to be down (PDF posted above) but the link to the lessons is a good link to keep handy. Link to class: http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/introduction.html http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/int... Link to video 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKTZoB2Vjuk

hartleybrody 15y ago
Ahh, thanks so much for grabbing a cached PDF! I wasn't expecting to make the front page of HN and yes, my server went down. Great lesson in scalability!

rplnt 15y ago

That's how I started with python. Even year after that I sometimes went to that site for reference for some specific things I knew I'd find there. If someone knows how to program this is the resource I recommend for starting with python. It's easy, it's short, it's entertaining (some of the tasks) and it gives pretty nice overview.

laconian 15y ago

Awesome for switching between languages, but not so good for absolute beginners. I forwarded this to a PhD biologist friend who wants to learn the basics of programming (to possibly apply to the bioinformatics field), and she said "...what?!"