That's an awesome response! On Jan 7, 2016 6:35 AM, "Chris Angelico" <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 2:20 PM, Henrique Correa <hab...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is Python's Tutorial (by Guido) a good and complete reference for the > > language? I mean, after reading it, should I have a good basis on Python? > > > > I've came from js and php, and already know the very basics of py. > > > > Thank you! > > If by "good and complete" you mean "enough to write code in", then > yes, I would say it is. > > If you mean "enough to write applications that you can sell for > money", then it's probably insufficient; you'll want to also learn a > few libraries, possibly including third-party ones like Flask/Django > (to write web applications) or numpy/pandas (to write computational > code) or matplotlib (to crunch numbers and make graphs). > > If, on the other hand, you mean "enough to understand how Python works > internally", then no, it's not. It's not meant to go into that kind of > detail. But you don't need to know that anyway. > > I would recommend going through that tutorial. You'll get a decent > handle on how Python works. As a general rule, Python's object model > is similar to what you'll know from JS; the scoping rules are > different (instead of "var x;" to declare that x is local, you would > have "global x" to declare that x is global - but you need declare > only those globals that you assign to, not those you reference). As > you go through it, write down some notes of everything that interests > or confuses you; once you've completed the tutorial, go through your > notes again. Some of what you've written down will now make perfect > sense, and you can delete it; some will still confuse you, but you'll > understand more of *why* it confuses you. So then you come back here > to python-list with the bits that confuse you, and we'll be happy to > explain stuff! > > ChrisA > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
