I'm currently learning python using "Python Programming for the absolute beginner" by Michael Dawson. This is very good IMO as is teaches Python programming by writing games; the last chapter shows you how to write a version of asteroids using pygame. I've just downloaded the dive into python book so will have a look at that. I've also bought the head first series of python books - Head First Programming and Head First Python - which seem to be very good. I'd recommend searching on amazon for python programming and reading people's reviews.<div>
<br></div><div>I'd recommend using IDLE (with the version of Python you're learning) as the interactive mode is very useful for learning python. I find this really good for trying out functions. IDLE is in the Ubuntu repository.<br>
<div><br></div><div>Just be aware that Ubuntu is Python 2 based and most new books are for Python 3. So you may need to type "python3 my_python_program.py" to run the program from a command line, otherwise you may get errors as Python2 is different to Python3.</div>
<div><div><br><div><br></div><div>Michael Devenish<br><div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 6:28 PM, Chris Rowson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christopherrowson@gmail.com">christopherrowson@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div><br></div><div>I'm trying to learn any Programming language. I heard Python is good for beginners and that's where I want to start</div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>The Python tutor mailing list is helpful if you get stuck on something:</div>
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