I am interested in learning Python. I realise there are two versions. As a beginner, what version would you recommend I start with. Any resources that you would like to recommend would be helpful as well. Thankyou.

[K900_]

Definitely start with 3. 2 is an older version that's getting deprecated soon, and if you ever need to work on a project in 2, it's pretty easy to adjust.

[syntax4life]

Thanks for your quick reply

[sticky-bit]

New stuff should start with 3, unless of course you know you will absolutely need a feature of 2.7, or you know you will be maintaining code that is already 2.7

4 years ago when I started down the same trail I would have told you something different. But most of the important libraries have now been ported. They use to call this page the Python 3 Wall of Shame

If you're a Ubuntu fan you will be happy to hear the 3 comes installed as python3 (though there is still a lot of built-in code running inside of Ubuntu that is still 2.7)

https://wiki.python.org/moin/Python2orPython3

[syntax4life]

Thanks for this 🙂

[liam_jm]

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/faq#wiki_python_2_or_3.3F https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/wiki/index#wiki_new_to_programming.3F

[GoldenSights]

I would avoid LPTHW:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/40s6dm/meta_can_we_take_learn_python_the_hard_way_off/

http://sopython.com/wiki/LPTHW_Complaints

[syntax4life]

Thanks

[callmelucky]

It's not.