Getting Started with Python
Starting the fourth week of class we switch from C to Python.
Installing Python
We strongly suggest installing the all-in-one package provided by Enthought. You should install either the academic or free versions. The full version costs money. You don’t need this.
Reading materials
We do not have a recommended text for Python. We can however point you to a number of good websites.
- The official Python tutorial
- A StackOverflow answer to this question
- An introductory course that uses Python from Google - This is a smaller course that is well particularly formatted for the web.
- An introductory course that uses Python on OpenCourseWare - This is a complete course with videos and homeworks taught at MIT.
- Dive into Python - A more traditional text