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

Re: [Tutor] greetings...

2005-10-21 Thread Gabriel Farrell
Welcome to the list, Carl. Feel free to browse the list archive at http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/ or http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/python-Tutor to get some idea of the kinds of questions asked and answers given. You'll find a lot of suggestions for beginners among

[Tutor] greetings...

2005-10-20 Thread carl.badgley
Greetings to list, Tomorrow is my last day in class with Lutz.  I am not only new to Python but new to programming in general, this is my first language.  Looking forward to your help in the days and weeks to come. Any suggestions for self tutorial, whether on python.org or not, would be greatly