On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 02:35:54AM -0300, Gabriel Genellina wrote: > En Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:37:40 -0300, agent E 10 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > escribió: > > On Apr 14, 8:37 pm, Benjamin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Apr 14, 9:00 pm, agent E 10 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> Hi, > >> I'm brand new to programming. Have any suggestions? I'm young. > >> > Was it a good idea to start with python? I was planning on creating a > >> > very simple program that asked yes/no questions for a school project. > >> > >> IMHO, Python is an excellent language to start with. Have you read the > >> tutorial?http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html > > > > No, I haven't. I have been reading off of this site > > http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld/ is this a good site to > > learn off of? About how long will it take me to learn the basics of > > the language? > > I'm unsure if teaching Javascript, VBScript and Python at the same time is > a good thing, I'd think one would get a language soup and mix all the > concepts, but if it works for you, go ahead. > For other resources, see the beginners section in the Python wiki: > http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
I agree and disagree! As long as the student understands how the different parts play together, and the Web medium is what gets him interested in python, I don't see any harm! That's a pretty big assumption though! -- Nick Stinemates ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://nick.stinemates.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
