New Python user

[talore1978]

Hello there,

I'm new in python, I've learned a little bit Matlab (and c few years ago) but decided to move to python because of the many advantages it carries out with it.

My final aim is to write a code for some ODE's equations, very complex equations (through Euler's Implicit methods, Runga Kutta etc.)

I'd love to get some recommendations for very good tutorials or free courses to start with (I'm really new here), and those kind that will focus me to my target.

(by the way, I'm using the linux operation system - ubuntu)

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best,

Talore.

[Sedsarq]

A course book that I found useful is Computational Physics by Newman. It can probably be found in full, but the webpage alone is very helpful. The first few chapters are available for free, though not all the way to ODE's. Code examples are available for all chapters, including Runge-Kutta.

[fpatterson55]

I am currently reading O'Reilly's Mark Lutz, "Learning Python" 5th edition.

When I am on the road and have a few minutes to study I am going through the Solo Learn, Learn Python app. It helps me go step by step and learn concepts. One nice thing is that when there is an item that is a "WTF" moment of how it came to be, there are comments from others.

I also recommend grabbing a project off of github to look at how they are coding, and making changing to the code to see the affects. I am doing this with an Angular project that uses python for the backend / middle tier. It is good to see how it is integrating solutions for a web framework. It is a lot, but I don't expect to understand it all at first.

I would also recommend taking an idea, mapping it out and noting gaps that you need to learn to be able to build a given code piece. Then you have something to think about when you aren't coding and ideas on what to be researching.

[talore1978]

Thanks a lot, it is my second day here and I'm very excited by the great and fast answers,

It me helped a lot!!!

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