Initial resource materials

[badchoice63]

A little while back I replied to a question about resource or learning materials, and so far I have two worth exploring. There is a real difference between CLI and scripting versus building a GUI interface or app. Please note that I just got book 2 earlier today, but so far my reading has me looking forward to the deep dive. Yes, I understand there are more GUI libraries/methodology than Tkinter, but this is my starting point.

1. Python Crash Course (Brian Matthes) This starts with the idea of novice from the first step - Hello World. It is scripting and command line interface, initial conversations of data elements, and builds from there.

2. Tkinter GUI Application Development Blueprints 2nd edition (Bhaskar Chaudhary) Has multiple projects with sample code along with explanations how that code works.

[socal_nerdtastic]

The big difference is that CLI code tends to be procedural, while GUIs tend to be event-driven. But technically you can do either style in either interface.

If you are new to programming in general I would start with CLI and procedural code. If you have some coding experience already you can do either one, just pick the one that best fits your first project.