I strongly suggest you stay away from the "dive into python" series and look at Zed Shaw's excellent "Learn Python the Hard Way" series. To read it online, it i

I strongly suggest you stay away from the "dive into python" series and look at Zed Shaw's excellent "Learn Python the Hard Way" series. To read it online, it is free[1]. I've got a random collection of links I send to some of my coworkers when they ask about newbie python devs that might be of use to you[2]. [1] http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/ [2] https://gist.github.com/SEJeff/7103604 https://gist.github.com/SEJeff/7103604