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You are triggering my "maybe an elaborate troll" detector. Especially as the GP has already referred to the intro, which you have supposedly already read. So

You are triggering my "maybe an elaborate troll" detector. Especially as the GP has already referred to the intro, which you have supposedly already read. So let me point it out for you again: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/intro.html http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/intro.html He goes into great detail arguing why he thinks this is one of the best ways to learn something completely new quickly and efficiently.

QuercusMax 12y ago
The first lesson literally consists of "run python interpreter, then quit". How is this a useful way to approach things? He compares it to learning to play guitar - if my first guitar lesson consisted of "Open your guitar case. Take out the guitar. Put it back.", I'd ask for my money back!
- JanezStupar 12y ago
  Everybody goes through a stage where they have no idea what anything on their computer screen means. Some of them have the luxury of having a mentor walk them through and teach them the ontology of "the computer". Similarly one needs to learn the ontology of "computer programming". And this tutorial is not meant for snotty CS program graduates, which again is explained in the introduction, which you to this time refuse to read and understand. If you have a teacher worth his salt, he will have you open the guitar case and teach you about what the instrument is, what its parts are, how you are supposed to handle it and take care of it. At least that is what my trumpet teacher taught me when I started out.
- astine 12y ago
  I tried teaching my little brother to program using the Ruby version of this book. The lessons were really basic but he still struggled. If the first lesson in an introductory guitar book was how to properly handle a guitar, I would not be surprised at all. In fact, I know from experience with other instruments that that would be entirely normal.

QuercusMax 12y ago

The first lesson literally consists of "run python interpreter, then quit". How is this a useful way to approach things? He compares it to learning to play guitar - if my first guitar lesson consisted of "Open your guitar case. Take out the guitar. Put it back.", I'd ask for my money back!

JanezStupar 12y ago
Everybody goes through a stage where they have no idea what anything on their computer screen means. Some of them have the luxury of having a mentor walk them through and teach them the ontology of "the computer". Similarly one needs to learn the ontology of "computer programming". And this tutorial is not meant for snotty CS program graduates, which again is explained in the introduction, which you to this time refuse to read and understand. If you have a teacher worth his salt, he will have you open the guitar case and teach you about what the instrument is, what its parts are, how you are supposed to handle it and take care of it. At least that is what my trumpet teacher taught me when I started out.
astine 12y ago
I tried teaching my little brother to program using the Ruby version of this book. The lessons were really basic but he still struggled. If the first lesson in an introductory guitar book was how to properly handle a guitar, I would not be surprised at all. In fact, I know from experience with other instruments that that would be entirely normal.