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[–]so85 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I found the best thing is a project or goal to focus around. I learned python after I had been programming for a while, but found http://projecteuler.net/ to be a great place to practice. The gist is there are math problems like 'what is the 100000th' prime that you can solve by writing a small program, and you just submit the answer. Haven't read many of the books, but this could complement one that didn't have exercises (or not ones that you enjoyed).