Python for Programmers

The tutorials on this page are aimed at people who have previous experience with other programming languages (C, Perl, Lisp, Visual Basic). Also of potential interest are such related Beginners Guides as BeginnersGuide/Overview and BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers and the tips in MovingToPythonFromOtherLanguages.

• [http://docs.python.org/tut/ Python Tutorial] This tutorial is part of Python's documentation set and is updated with each new release.

• [http://diveintopython.org/ Dive Into Python] A fine tutorial by Mark Pilgrim.

• [http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/sim-explorer/explore-items/-/0735710910/0/101/1/none/purchase/ref%3Dpd%5Fsxp%5Fr0/002-0605932-8839237 Python Essential Reference] (book)

  If you want a highly compressed K&R-style 'just the facts' overview, David Beazley's "Python Essential Reference" covers practically all of the language in about a hundred pages.

• [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Python_Programming Wikibook:Python Programming]

• [http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Topic:Python Wikiversity:Python] The Wiki(anything) information about Python.

• [http://www.hetland.org/python/instant-python.php Instant Python] A minimal crash course by Magnus Lie Hetland.

• [http://www.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue73/3946.html Python Programming for Beginners] A short introduction to writing command-line applications in Python by Jacek Artymiak.

• [http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_101/python_101.html Python 101 - Beginning Python] and [http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_201/python_201.html Python 201 - (Slightly) Advanced Python] Two self-training courses from Dave Kuhlman. Python 101 introduces the basic data types, and 201 covers particular tasks such as parsing text and writing unit tests.

• [http://www.wag.caltech.edu/home/rpm/python_course/ Python Short Course] A set of course slides by Richard P. Muller of Caltech that are aimed at scientific users. For example, the first example is a script to process output from a quantum chemistry simulation.

• [http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/python? Learn Python in 10 minutes]

• [http://starship.python.net/crew/hinsen/ Python for Science] Course material written by Konrad Hinsen for an introduction to Python aimed at biologists.

• [http://www.swc.scipy.org/ Software Carpentry]: lectures aimed at scientists and engineers.

• You can find a variety of Python tutorials on [http://www.codeteacher.com Code Teacher].

• [http://blog.showmedo.com/2007/03/22/get-going-with-python-1-getting-a-feel-for-the-language/ 'Getting started with Python'] blog series at ShowMeDo, includes articles on 'Python Development Environments' and 'Python Under-The-Hood'

• [http://showmedo.com/videos/python ShowMeDo.com/videos/Python]: Over 90 ShowMeDo Python programming videos (almost all are free and all are made by Python experts). Topics include:

  • [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=IwrOgqPc9 Python 101 - easygui and csv] - Aimed at new/intermediate Pythonistas showing how to build a full application in Python (pay-to-own)

  • [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=pythonOzsvaldPyNewbieSeries Python Development on XP] (9 videos, pay-to-own) Aimed at new/intermediate Pythonistas

  • [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=pythonOzsvaldIntroToPyResourcesSeries A Guide to Python Resources on the Web] (2 videos)

  • [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=pythonHollandIntroToPythonSeries_german Einführung in die Programmierung mit Python] (14 videos - German)

  • [http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=PythonWxPythonBeginnersSeries Python GUI Programming with wxPython] (3 videos)