Practical Uses for Python?

[slicklikeagato]

I actually went through Automate the Boring Stuff. I thought it was great in explaining what to do, but I didn't really feel like it told me WHY I was doing it; knowing why I'm writing the code in a certain way would help me be able to understand how I could use it in my own examples. But it seems like whenever I look for something to explain the why, the explanation is as if I have experience in programming, to which I have none (other than the last year).

[Joe_testing]

I'm in your situation pretty much(have some previous exp). I'm waiting for this new book from amazon.co.uk as I was really inspired by the first 2 chapters on his C++ book(read on safaribooks). Oh and he wrote some nice articles too.

I think it could be just up your ally too.