Learning Python

I'm currently trying to learn Python. My background with programming is that I took 3 courses in Java during college and wrote a medical scheduling program by myself during high school using VB6 and Access.  I would love to be able to contribute to open source projects, hoping to build a reputation in those communities.

Anyhow, I'm using this text: http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/ch04.html  Is this a good book to use to learn Python given my background?  Also, what's the best IDE for python.

otherwise, python general thread.

>>5

In that if statement the value of v is still integer so you can'y iterate it.

And... why do you even want to check if str is in v? str is string object in Python, right?


t = 0
while 1:
    try:
        s = raw_input(": ")
        v = int(v)
        t+=v
        print t
       
    except:
        print "harp darp", s, v
        #wtf
        #if str in v:
        #    print "string, use just number mtf"
        if ',' in v:
            print "bla bla bla bla"