Python Tutorial for Beginners With Little Programming Knowledge

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around finding suitable Python tutorials for beginners with limited programming experience, specifically looking for intermediate resources that cover using the C wrapper in the standard library.

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  • Exploratory, Technical explanation, Homework-related

Main Points Raised

  • One participant shares their experience with Python basics and requests recommendations for intermediate tutorials, particularly focused on the C wrapper.
  • Another participant suggests considering PHP instead, indicating a personal bias towards that language.
  • A third participant provides a link to the official Python tutorial as a potential resource.
  • A fourth participant recommends "Dive Into Python" for general learning and points out the importance of reviewing the ctypes documentation, suggesting hands-on experimentation with ctypes.

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Participants present various recommendations without a clear consensus on the best approach or resource for the original poster's needs.

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Some recommendations depend on the user's specific goals and prior knowledge, and there may be differing opinions on the relevance of PHP compared to Python.

Who May Find This Useful

Beginners in programming looking to advance their Python skills, particularly those interested in integrating C with Python.

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I've been working with python for about 4 or five months. I understand how to use boolean, a little bit of I/O, making functions, writing my own classes, and importing modules. Pretty much the bare basics. Outside of this python experience, I have little knowledge of programming. So, can anyone recommend a good, intermediate tutorial for python? Particularly about using that C wrapper in the standard library.
 
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Personally you might want to migrate to php, but my personal bias.

Check out devshed.com. it is a great resource for all software development languages and really good tutorials.
 
http://diveintopython.org/ is good for general stuff. Have you already looked through the ctypes documentation? http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html
There're also some examples at http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook/Ctypes
I also suggest just diving write into ctypes by using them. Write your .c file, then open up ipython and play around with the library.
 
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