Is Zed Shaw's Learn Python the Hard Way a good python teaching eBook? I don't know whether the people who tell me it's good or the people saying it sucks are trolling.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:39
It sucks. Not trolling.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:40
What do you recommend then?
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:45
SICP
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:45
>>3
Learn a real language like Spanish. It will get you much further in life than this programming shit.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:50
It's mediocre and they're all trolling.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 0:50
It's ok, but it'll be worth your time for sure if you are just starting out.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 1:04
wooooooby da boooooooby
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Anonymous2012-04-15 1:04
Sky Guy on Rails!
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Anonymous2012-04-15 1:21
アルゴル６８ is the best language because it has keywords translated into Japanese.
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Anonymous2012-04-15 2:45
I'd recommend reading the Amazon reviews, both the positive and the negative to get a wide range of opinions.
It's much better than all the shit tutorials that newbies would find themselves by Googling. It only assumes some very basic user-level knowledge of your OS and computers in general, and while being quite disciplined, it doesn't quite require the determination that SICP does to work through it.
Of course, if you are willing to put in the effort and not give up (too early), you'll hardly do better than reading SICP.
There's a decent tutorial right on the Python website. Zed Shaw's abortion is just another Deep C Secrets.
He does deserve credit for teaching bad habits in a language that makes that nearly impossible.