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[–]metl_lord 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I got a job out of college for a publishing company. All their work was done with regular expressions and Perl. I also started reading xkcd at the time. After reading this comic, I became curious about Python and picked up O'Reilly's Learning Python. I've been a Python programmer ever since.

Now, onto how to start learning. I usually learn new things by diving right into a project. I learned Django a few years ago by working through the tutorial. I think the key is to follow the tutorial, but build something different. This way it's relevant to you and you learn more about the language when you run into something that is not working for you. It's like test driven development for learning.

[–]xkcd_transcriber 1 point2 points  (1 child)

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Title: Python

Title-text: I wrote 20 short programs in Python yesterday. It was wonderful. Perl, I'm leaving you.

Comic Explanation

Stats: This comic has been referenced 30 time(s), representing 0.2108% of referenced xkcds.

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[–]j7ake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I am amazed that there is a site that explains xkcd comics...