Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, Dec 05, 2018 at 08:44:14AM +, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 04/12/2018 23:52, James Stapleton-Cotton wrote: > > > USERs-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ python hello.py > > python: can't open file 'hello.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory > > You need to provide the full path to the Pytho

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-05 Thread Alan Gauld via Tutor
On 04/12/2018 23:52, James Stapleton-Cotton wrote: > USERs-MacBook-Pro:~ user$ python hello.py > python: can't open file 'hello.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory You need to provide the full path to the Python file. > I previously created a python file called 'hello.py' using the PyCharmE

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-05 Thread James Stapleton-Cotton
Thank you Adam. I am currently going through the book, 'A Byte of Python' - found here - https://python.swaroopch.com. On pages 29-30 it writes about 'Using A Source File', creating a file called '/tmp/py' on a Mac OS using the 'bash-terminal' and running the saved PyCharm file, 'hello.py'. I type

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-04 Thread Adam Eyring
I haven't gone through many python books, but have been using a copy of Automating the Boring Stuff with Python. It covers lists, dictionaries, scraping data from websites, etc. https://automatetheboringstuff.com/ The PDF is free. Adam On Tue, Dec 4, 2018 at 1:09 PM James Stapleton-Cotton wrote:

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-04 Thread James Stapleton-Cotton
Thank you Mats and Steven. I'm back on track now with a different tutorial which has lead to me to the relevant coding tools. https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers https://python.swaroopch.com On Mon, Dec 3, 2018 at 4:04 PM Mats Wichmann wrote: > On 12/3/18 3:35 AM, James St

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-03 Thread Mats Wichmann
On 12/3/18 3:35 AM, James Stapleton-Cotton wrote: > Hello, > > On this page ( > http://openbookproject.net/thinkcs/python/english3e/way_of_the_program.html) > - a book for learning Computer Science using Python - I am directed to ( > http://code.google.com/p/pyscripter) in order to access the appr

Re: [Tutor] Beginners Book, Python and PyScripter

2018-12-03 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Hi James, and welcome. On Mon, Dec 03, 2018 at 12:35:29PM +0200, James Stapleton-Cotton wrote: [...] > I have downloaded the latest > version of Python from Python.org and PyScripter from a site that I am > directed to from the original site mentioned in the beginning of this email > - (https://so

Re: [Tutor] Beginners question

2009-10-08 Thread Jeff Johnson
gary littwin wrote: Hi all - Just started on "Python Programming for Absolute Beginners" and I've got a question: The program called 'Guess my Number' goes like this: # Guess My Number # # The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100 # The player tries to guess it and the computer le

Re: [Tutor] Beginners question

2009-10-08 Thread Christian Witts
gary littwin wrote: Hi all - Just started on "Python Programming for Absolute Beginners" and I've got a question: The program called 'Guess my Number' goes like this: # Guess My Number # # The computer picks a random number between 1 and 100 # The player tries to guess it and the computer le

Re: [Tutor] beginners resources list, Python education events

2009-04-16 Thread Alan Gauld
"wesley chun" wrote i'm trying to collate a complete newbie-to-programming list of resources and was wondering if you could help me fill in the holes... thx in advance! What about the free (and even the pay for) videos on the ShowMeDo site. I thought they were pretty good especially for sh

Re: [Tutor] beginners resources list, Python education events

2009-04-16 Thread Gregor Lingl
wesley chun schrieb: hey all, ... Python: Visual QuickStart Guide (Fehily, 2001) This is outdated. There is a new one: Toby Donaldson: Python: Visual QuickStart Guide (2008) Learn to Program Using Python (Gauld, 2000) ONLINE How to Think like a Computer Scientist http://openbookproject

Re: [Tutor] beginners resources list, Python education events

2009-04-16 Thread Alan Gauld
"wesley chun" wrote Alan Gauld's Learning to Program http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld Now at: http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ for Python v2.x http://www.alan-g.me.uk/l2p for Python v3 and under construction, although well on th

Re: [Tutor] beginners resources list, Python education events

2009-04-16 Thread David
wesley chun wrote: hey all, i'm trying to collate a complete newbie-to-programming list of resources and was wondering if you could help me fill in the holes... thx in advance! Hi wesley, A couple I liked; One Day of IDLE Toying http://hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu/~dyoo/python/idle_intro/index.html

Re: [Tutor] Beginners

2007-05-28 Thread Philippe Grand'Maison
Hi ! I've noticed I'm not the only total newbie around. I would suggest reading 'Beginning Python: from Novice to Professional'. It's available on the Net (somewhere in the python.org beginners forums). This book may be for beginners, but doesn't assume you're a moron. The author is very clear, pro

Re: [Tutor] Beginners

2007-01-18 Thread wesley chun
> I dont have any programming background, i know only c language. you say you don't have any programming experience but that you know C... i'm not sure what you mean by that. how many years have you been using C? ___ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org

Re: [Tutor] Beginners

2007-01-17 Thread raghu raghu
I dont have any programming background, i know only c language. On 1/18/07, wesley chun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 1/17/07, raghu raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can i follow 'Learning Python' by oreily. Is it good for beginners? can any > one suggest me i am planning to buy a hard copy

Re: [Tutor] Beginners

2007-01-17 Thread wesley chun
On 1/17/07, raghu raghu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > can i follow 'Learning Python' by oreily. Is it good for beginners? can any > one suggest me i am planning to buy a hard copy (text book) what is your programming background, what languages do you know already? or are you completely new to p