Crash into Python
Learning and science
programming tutorial
SHOW HN2011
107points
14comments
#94of 1,097 in 2011
Top 9%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Docs: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Concise, fast-paced tutorial for programmers
From 3 comments
Great documents for getting up to speed quickly! These are the kinds of tutorials I often miss: tutorials that assume that you are already a programmer and go fast. Well done :)…
jules on HNThis is much more helpful than I could have imagined. The writing is concise with solid, insightful examples. I read a few introductory Python texts before (Learn Python the Hard…
skky on HNThe strength of this is precisely that it's a crash course. I've tried some recommended Python tutorials (couldn't name any of them), and they try to cover everything. For…
mise on HN
Objections
Text overflows slides in full-screen browser view
From 1 comment
Great slides! A QA note: The text spills offscreen and the CSS doesn't allow me to make it readable in Chrome on a 13" MacBook Air: http://drktd.com/9JL2
dorkitude on HN
Factual and code errors in the docs
From 2 comments
Great documents for getting up to speed quickly! These are the kinds of tutorials I often miss: tutorials that assume that you are already a programmer and go fast. Well done :)…
jules on HNIs it true that Python has dynamic scoping? I would have thought that it was lexical...
yoklov on HN
Requests
PDF or ePub version
From 1 comment
Any chance the author can make a PDF or ePub version? I like to read it on my portable devices.
insraq on HN
Ruby version
From 1 comment
Awesome. Thank you. Any chance of a Ruby version?
xiii on HN
Questions
Whether Python has dynamic or lexical scoping
From 1 comment
Is it true that Python has dynamic scoping? I would have thought that it was lexical...
yoklov on HN
Whether similar material exists for Objective C
From 1 comment
>...teaching aid for bringing programmers from other languages up to speed with Python. Off-Topic, is there anything similar for people wanting to learn Objective C?
alagu on HN
Alternatives named
Learn Python the Hard Way
From 1 comment
This is much more helpful than I could have imagined. The writing is concise with solid, insightful examples. I read a few introductory Python texts before (Learn Python the Hard…
skky on HN