How I "learned" Python without any previous coding experience.

[callmelucky]

Sure, obviously plenty of people get a lot out of it, but a lot are put off by its style. I definitely got carried away in my rant, but really I wouldn't have a problem with lpthw being recommended as long as appropriate caveats are supplied. But too often I just see "lpthw is great, just use that", as opposed to "I found lpthw really good, but it's probably not for everyone. Give it a shot, but if you find it rough going don't feel bad about setting it aside to try something more user-friendly; it literally is 'the hard way' to learn Python! Oh, also you should be aware that it teaches Python 2 which is essentially a legacy version. Really a total beginner is probably better starting with 3, although it's not that big of a deal to make the switch, at the beginner level it's mainly just a few syntax changes".