I've been studying LPTHW ( Learn Python The Hard Way ) and

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>Anything by Zed Shaw
Don't listen to anything that hack says.

Zed's didactic methods are shit and don't work, find another resource that is actually good like http://greenteapress.com/wp/think-python-2e/

>>58344229
It's shit, use this automatetheboringstuff.com

If you feel like that book for ADD kiddies isn't fast enough, then you should stop trying to learn how to program at all.

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>>58344306
Thx, didnt know this one.

Here's a Plaza quote to ty.

>>58344229
If I were Zed I'd say

DON'T SKIP ANY OF THE EXERCISES, TYPE EVERYTHING EXACTLY AS SHOWN AND USE THE EXACT SAME PROGRAMS USED IN THE BOOK AND NEVER BE CREATIVE AT ALL YOU SWINE

>>58344306
Thanks, I've had that book laying on my shelf for a while and never got started. Not really a programmer, but need to learn some Python to go deeper on some other projects.

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>>58344229
Avoid Zed. Avoid Zed. Avoid Zed.

People pretty much only know about him because he gets mad at things and says controversial shit--and not actually because he actually knows what he is talking about.

I mean. Would you believe me if I told you he said that Python 3 isn't Turing-complete because it can't run Python 2 programs? Probably not, right? That's just stupid, right?
Well see for yourself: https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html

Want a good Python book? Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is actually pretty great. You can even read it for free online if you don't want to go out and buy the book: https://automatetheboringstuff.com/

Good luck anon.

>>58344229

You can learn python in less than a day, like nigga do you need a book for learning how to lego?

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>>58344433

This, OP. Zed Shaw (The author of the book you're reading) pretty much completely sucks.

I've actually heard good things about Python the hard way, but I have not used it.

I do recommend this book though:
https://www.amazon.com/Python-Programming-Introduction-Computer-Science/dp/1590282752/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483666485&sr=8-1&keywords=python+zelle