Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Rustom Mody
On Monday, July 11, 2016 at 11:03:37 AM UTC+5:30, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Monday 11 July 2016 13:07, Rustom Mody wrote: > > > Python is good for black-box – us the ‘batteries included’ without worrying > > too much how they are made > > Scheme, assembly language, Turing machines etc are at the

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Bob Martin
in 762282 20160711 063300 Steven D'Aprano wrote: >On Monday 11 July 2016 13:07, Rustom Mody wrote: > >> Python is good for black-box – us the ‘batteries included’ without >> worrying >> too much how they are made >> Scheme, assembly language, Turing machines etc are at the other end of the

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Monday 11 July 2016 13:07, Rustom Mody wrote: > Python is good for black-box – us the ‘batteries included’ without worrying > too much how they are made > Scheme, assembly language, Turing machines etc are at the other end of the > spectrum I would put it the other way. Python is excellent fo

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Ethan Furman
On 07/09/2016 04:21 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: Yes, I hear a lot about Udacity. Has anyone taken any of the pay-for classes? Are the instructors helpful, skilled, etc? Did it seem like good value for money? Yes. Yes, yes. Yes. :) -- ~Ethan~ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Rustom Mody
On Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 10:36:39 PM UTC+5:30, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 07/10/2016 12:18 AM, Bob Martin wrote: > > in 762247 20160709 223746 Malik Rumi wrote: > > >> I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more than > >> th= > >> at, I want a class with a real teacher wh

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Ethan Furman
On 07/10/2016 12:18 AM, Bob Martin wrote: in 762247 20160709 223746 Malik Rumi wrote: I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more than th= at, I want a class with a real teacher who is available to answer questions= and explain things. I've done a lot of books and onlin

Re: the best online course

2016-07-10 Thread Bob Martin
in 762247 20160709 223746 Malik Rumi wrote: >I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more than th= >at, I want a class with a real teacher who is available to answer questions= >and explain things. I've done a lot of books and online video, but there's= >usually no help. If

Re: the best online course

2016-07-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: > On 07/09/2016 02:57 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >> On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Malik Rumi wrote: > > >>> I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more > >>> than that, I want a class with a real teacher who is avail

Re: the best online course

2016-07-09 Thread Ethan Furman
On 07/09/2016 02:57 PM, Chris Angelico wrote: On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Malik Rumi wrote: I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more >> than that, I want a class with a real teacher who is available to >> answer questions and explain things. I've done a lot of

Re: the best online course

2016-07-09 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 7:37 AM, Malik Rumi wrote: > I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more than > that, I want a class with a real teacher who is available to answer questions > and explain things. I've done a lot of books and online video, but there's > usually no

Re: the best online course

2016-07-09 Thread Malik Rumi
I want one of those "knuckle down and learn" classes. But even more than that, I want a class with a real teacher who is available to answer questions and explain things. I've done a lot of books and online video, but there's usually no help. If I search around long enough, I can often find an a

Re: the best online course

2016-07-07 Thread Rustom Mody
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 8:38:15 AM UTC+5:30, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 07/06/2016 06:50 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > >> I want to be easy and not bored so i can learn python. > > > > There is no Royal Road, nothing is going to be handed to you on a plate. > > Seconded. If he gets bored

Re: the best online course

2016-07-06 Thread Michael Torrie
On 07/06/2016 06:50 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> I want to be easy and not bored so i can learn python. > > There is no Royal Road, nothing is going to be handed to you on a plate. Seconded. If he gets bored easily, he will not be very successful at learning Python or any other programming

Re: the best online course

2016-07-06 Thread Lawrence D’Oliveiro
On Thursday, July 7, 2016 at 7:28:38 AM UTC+12, nickpe...@gmail.com wrote: > i am totaly beginner and i want to learn python. Write code. > I want to be easy and not bored so i can learn python. There is no Royal Road, nothing is going to be handed to you on a plate. -- https://mail.python.org

Re: the best online course

2016-07-06 Thread Jay Thompson
There are a ton of great resources on https://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide . The resource I generally recommend to people first is "Learn Python The Hard Way" @ http://learnpythonthehardway.org/ . The course is $29.95 and worth every penny but if you can't afford it the author has made the c

Re: the best online course

2016-07-06 Thread Chris Angelico
On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 5:28 AM, wrote: > i am totaly beginner and i want to learn python. > I have see that there is many course in codeacademy, udemy, treehouse etc but > i not know who is the best. > Can you please give me some advice? > I want to be easy and not bored so i can learn python. >

the best online course

2016-07-06 Thread nickpetros32
Hello, i am totaly beginner and i want to learn python. I have see that there is many course in codeacademy, udemy, treehouse etc but i not know who is the best. Can you please give me some advice? I want to be easy and not bored so i can learn python. Thank you and sorry for my bad english -- h