Learning Python

Learning

• MIT OpenCourseWare? ​A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python which primarily uses ​Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist.
• ​Dive into Python, available in (free) online and dead trees formats. Good introduction, but a bit dated at this point (2004).
• djbclark recommends ​Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional
• djbclark recommends ​Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition

References

• desai recommends "Python: Essential Reference, 3rd Edition", which is available ​online, in ​pdf, and as a ​book.
• djbclark recommends ​Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition
• ​Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition
• lueningh recommends the official ​library reference for, say, when you just need to know what all of a string object's methods are.