Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-11 Thread Richard Lovely
1221146720&sr=8-1 On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 3:54 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Johnny > To: Python > Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:29 AM > Subject: [Tutor] absolute beginner > > > Anyone have any advice for an a

Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-11 Thread Evans
-- From: Johnny To: Python Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 4:29 AM Subject: [Tutor] absolute beginner Anyone have any advice for an all out beginner? Advice as in... The best book?...best tutor web page? I am wanting so badly to learn Python. I have went to this site

Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
John Fouhy wrote: 2008/9/11 J. Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: This should be enough to get you started. You'll just have to jump in and read, read, and read. :-) I would say: jump in and code, code, and code. Reading's easy, but if you're anything like me, you'll learn more through

Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-10 Thread John Fouhy
2008/9/11 J. Van Brimmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This should be enough to get you started. You'll just have to jump in and > read, read, and read. :-) I would say: jump in and code, code, and code. Reading's easy, but if you're anything like me, you'll learn more through doing. The best thing a t

Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-10 Thread J. Van Brimmer
Johnny wrote: Anyone have any advice for an all out beginner? Advice as in... The best book?...best tutor web page? I am wanting so badly to learn Python. I have went to this site... http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html This gave me lots of info,, but with so many books to choose from, I can

Re: [Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-10 Thread bhaaluu
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone have any advice for an all out beginner? > Advice as in... The best book?...best tutor web page? > I am wanting so badly to learn Python. > > I have went to this site... > http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html > > This ga

[Tutor] absolute beginner

2008-09-10 Thread Johnny
Anyone have any advice for an all out beginner? Advice as in... The best book?...best tutor web page? I am wanting so badly to learn Python. I have went to this site... http://www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html This gave me lots of info,, but with so many books to choose from, I can't seem to fi

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-19 Thread jon vspython
You can find Dive into Python online here: http://diveintopython.org/toc/index.html ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-19 Thread Alan Gauld
"Abhishek Negi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > some time of your life as a beginner please consider me that for > python but > not for programming. In that case start with the official Python tutorial (included in the Windows download) and top it up with Dive into Python (included in the ActiveSta

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-18 Thread Abhishek Negi
Hi all thanks for your help guys...I ll explain my condition, I am an application programmer doing maintenance and enhancement work basically on CICS and a little bit in DB2i had been working patiently on JCL and learn COBOL but haven't learn REXX.but the problem is that whenever i want to

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-18 Thread Alan Gauld
"bhaaluu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > What does that mean... "mainframe technology"? I'll take a guess at what it means. A true mainframe is usually one of (or a clone of) IBM or ICLmainframe hardware running an OS like OS/390. It is primarily used for large volume data crunching and the appl

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread bhaaluu
On 10/17/07, Abhishek Negi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all, > I am an absolute beginner for python.currently i am working under > mainframe technology What does that mean... "mainframe technology"? Are you a programmer? If so, which programming languages are you 'working' with? If y

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread jon vspython
> > This is my favourite all time beginner book > http://ibiblio.org/obp/thinkCS/python/english2e/html/index.html. IT is > in html, I don't know if you can get it in pdf. > You can find an revised PDF version here: http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/ It should be more up to date. _

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread Alan Gauld
"Abhishek Negi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello all, > I am an absolute beginner for python.currently i am working > under > mainframe technologybut getting kinda bored from it and want to > learn a > good scripting language...so chose python...please

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread Scott
>> Hello all, >> I am an absolute beginner for python.currently i am working under >> mainframe technologybut getting kinda bored from it and want to >> learn a good scripting language...so chose python...please give me link >> to a pdf which is suitable for beginners. This is my favouri

Re: [Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread Kent Johnson
Abhishek Negi wrote: > Hello all, > I am an absolute beginner for python.currently i am working under > mainframe technologybut getting kinda bored from it and want to > learn a good scripting language...so chose python...please give me link > to a pdf which is suitable for beginners. I

[Tutor] aBSOLUTE BEGINNER

2007-10-17 Thread Abhishek Negi
Hello all, I am an absolute beginner for python.currently i am working under mainframe technologybut getting kinda bored from it and want to learn a good scripting language...so chose python...please give me link to a pdf which is suitable for beginners. -- take care bye Abhishek Negi ___