Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-15 Thread Magnus Lycka
JW wrote: > I started with the official tutorial. It seemed up to date to me. > Things that changed from 2.4 to 2.5 changed in the tutorial as well. Agreed. I mainly felt that A Byte of Python seems to go through the features in Python in a more systematic way. The official tutorial is being kep

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-14 Thread JW
Here's my two cents - I started with the official tutorial. It seemed up to date to me. Things that changed from 2.4 to 2.5 changed in the tutorial as well. I still refer to it every few days, because it had been a useful reference for the basic data types. I like that it seemlessly links into

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-14 Thread Magnus Lycka
A.M. Kuchling wrote: > On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:03:55 -0500, > Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>What we are talking about here is a Python Language Users' Guide. > > I actually started on such a document over the holidays, but have only > described about 3 or 4 statements at this poi

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-13 Thread Magnus Lycka
Steve Holden wrote: > Magnus Lycka wrote: > As with all such content, the first thing you will need is a band of > volunteers dedicated to keeping the content up to date, both proactively > and in response to reader comments. That's why I suggested these already written tutorials. Both authors h

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-13 Thread Magnus Lycka
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > There are now more than 300 tutorials listed at > www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html so one could even imagine a > "mega-tutorial" using the best-of-breed tutorial for each sub-section, > a la Turbogears ;-))) We certainly don't need 300 tutorials. :) Pick the best in the m

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-13 Thread A.M. Kuchling
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:03:55 -0500, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What we are talking about here is a Python Language Users' Guide. I actually started on such a document over the holidays, but have only described about 3 or 4 statements at this point. However, it's probably n

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-13 Thread Steve Holden
Magnus Lycka wrote: > Ed Singleton wrote: > >>How about putting the current tutorial into the wiki and seeing if >>people start updating it? I'm not saying it would work, but it might >>have interesting effects... > > > There are abviously a lot of ideas in the air concerning on-line > editing

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-13 Thread Magnus Lycka
Ed Singleton wrote: > How about putting the current tutorial into the wiki and seeing if > people start updating it? I'm not saying it would work, but it might > have interesting effects... There are abviously a lot of ideas in the air concerning on-line editing of the new python web site, suppor

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-11 Thread AdSR
I think you guys are up to something. We need some way to aggregate, update, and extend not just tutorials but all kinds of informatory material on Python. The Python Wiki is a good place for all that, although it hasn't become anything resembling a Wikipedia so far. AdSR -- http://mail.python.o

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-10 Thread UrsusMaximus
There are now more than 300 tutorials listed at www.awaretek.com/tutorials.html so one could even imagine a "mega-tutorial" using the best-of-breed tutorial for each sub-section, a la Turbogears ;-))) Of course it might bear an unholy resemblance to a FrankenTutorial ;-))) Ron Stephens -- http:

Re: Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-10 Thread Ed Singleton
On 09/02/06, Magnus Lycka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While the official Python Tutorial has served its > purpose well, keeping it up to date is hardly anyones > top priority, and there are others who passionately > create really good Python tutorials on the web. > > I think 'A Byte of Python' by

Rethinking the Python tutorial

2006-02-09 Thread Magnus Lycka
While the official Python Tutorial has served its purpose well, keeping it up to date is hardly anyones top priority, and there are others who passionately create really good Python tutorials on the web. I think 'A Byte of Python' by Swaroop C H is a good beginners tutorial, and 'Dive Into Python'