Re: [Tutor] Greetings Pythonistas

2010-01-08 Thread spir
galaxywatc...@gmail.com dixit: > I often > wish that I had a private tutor or a Python guru that I could just ask > how to get past a certain wall. Perhaps this list has that person or > people on it. The list as a whole certainly _can_ be this, & more ;-) (depends on how _you_ deal with i

Re: [Tutor] Greetings Pythonistas

2010-01-07 Thread Lie Ryan
On 1/8/2010 12:15 AM, galaxywatc...@gmail.com wrote: This is my first post to the Python tutor list and I just wanted to introduce myself and give a little background on my skill level prior to asking for Python advice and programming tips. I am relatively new to Python, but I have been dabbling

Re: [Tutor] Greetings Pythonistas

2010-01-07 Thread Serdar Tumgoren
Welcome! You've come to the right place. > books at the moment and working through the exercises: Dive into Python by > Mark Pilgrim, and Python Programming - An Introduction to Computer Science > by Zelle. Those are both great books to start with, IMHO. You might want to also check out Beginning

[Tutor] Greetings Pythonistas

2010-01-07 Thread galaxywatcher
This is my first post to the Python tutor list and I just wanted to introduce myself and give a little background on my skill level prior to asking for Python advice and programming tips. I am relatively new to Python, but I have been dabbling with unix shell scripting for at least 10 years