It seems like what you want is a learning resource that is geared towards having the learner building something real. In that case you should try Udacity's CS25

It seems like what you want is a learning resource that is geared towards having the learner building something real. In that case you should try Udacity's CS253(http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs253/CourseRev/apr2012 http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/cs253/CourseRev/apr20...). It's a 7 week course that'll teach you how to build a blog using Python and Google App Engine and the video lectures have been recorded by Steve Huffman, co-founder of Reddit. If you want to learn LISP, then there is Land of Lisp(http://landoflisp.com/ http://landoflisp.com/), which teaches you to make games using LISP, and for Python is the free to download Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python(http://inventwithpython.com/ http://inventwithpython.com/)