I'd recommend looking at "Learn Python the Hard Way" (http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/) for an awesome example of a tutorial

I'd recommend looking at "Learn Python the Hard Way" (http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/) for an awesome example of a tutorial written with teaching beginners in mind, rather than the typical uncomfortable combination of teaching and documenting that happens in most tutorial books.