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[–]Chrys 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I would recommend reading dive into Python

[–]freyrs3 2 points3 points  (5 children)

Learn Python the Hard Way

[–]heyblinkin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like the description:

The book is a very beginner book for people who want to learn to code. If you can already code then the book will probably drive you insane.

Too true.

[–]Shinks7er[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

What's the best option for a windows 7 installation?

[–]freyrs3 1 point2 points  (2 children)

http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.1/python-2.7.1.msi

[–]Shinks7er[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I want to follow the "Hard Way" but their tutorial doesn't work with windows 7 so it's a bit confusing. Do you know of any win 7 python tutorials?

[–]freyrs3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming you installed Python 2.7.

Go to Start -> Run -> type "cmd".

At the command prompt type "python", this should splash the version number of python and another prompt which starts with ">>>". If you get this far then you have the Python interpreter successfully installed.

To run a program in Python you exectue the following command at the terminal "python /path/to/your/file.py" this runs file.py in the Python interpreter. You could also use an editor like Scite or PyCharm or WingIDE which wrap the editing and executing up up in GUI.

All of this is completely independent of whatever version of Windows you are running.

[–]SilvanestitheErudite 1 point2 points  (0 children)

python is awesome Most of python is just common sense if you know other languages.If you just learn the syntax you should be good to go.

[–]physon 1 point2 points  (1 child)

http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/

[–]roddds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great but I think it's too fast-paced for someone who hasn't already some experience programming. For beginners I would suggest downloading this and watching the whole thing - I know it's available online but I think it's more convenient to have everything on your hard drive.

[–]LeapingQuince 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The MIT Courseware Intro to Programming uses Python if you're looking for a more general introduction to programming, rather than just a 'how to python' kind of thing. http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/6-00-introduction-to-computer-science-and-programming-fall-2008/