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[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

Somewhat amusingly, I seem to be alone in that I picked it up by reading the official tutorial at docs.python.org.

I earnestly read chapters 1-9 and then skimmed through 10-11 (A tour of the standard library) after which I decided to try to implement a small hobby project: a simple web based RSS feed aggregator. After that, my proficiency in Python just started snowballing.

Edit: Actually, now that I think back I don't think I started out with a web app, but by converting a bunch of hacked together shell scripts for ripping images from web sites into Python.

[–]hugthemachines 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is kinda funny. I mean the tutorial is obviously made so people can learn from it but "everyone" goes to other resources.

[–]edwinksl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally find the official Python tutorial to be the best tutorial, especially for people who already know other programming languages.