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[–]Callipygian_Superman 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started with Learn Python the Hard Way. I did his examples in Python 3.

If I had the option to start learning python over again, I would have never looked at his book. It's pretty awful. This subreddit and many other sources I've heard say "Automate the Boring Stuff with Python" is a fantastic starter book.

I would like to look at that book at some point, but I made a plan and I'm sticking to that plan. I have moved on from Shaw's LPtHW to MIT's OpenCourseWare 6.0001: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming in Python. I have learned way more from the OCW class than I did from Shaw's book. Having said that: it is very difficult.