<p>I am new to any scripting language. But, Still I worked on scripting a bit like tailoring other scripts to work for my purpose. For me, What is the best online resource to learn Python?</p>

<p>[Response Summary:] </p>

<p>Some Online Resources:</p>

<p><a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"> <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html</a></a> - Beginners</p>

<p><a href="http://diveintopython3.ep.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">    <a href="http://diveintopython3.ep.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://diveintopython3.ep.io/</a></a>     - Intermediate</p>

<p><a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.pythonchallenge.com/</a></a>     - Expert Skills</p>

<p><a href="http://docs.python.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><a href="http://docs.python.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/</a></a>             - collection of all knowledge</p>

<p>Some more:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python" rel="nofollow noreferrer"> A Byte of Python. </a></p>

<p><a href="http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR25/PQR2.5.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python 2.5 Quick Reference</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.edgewall.org/python-sidebar/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Side bar</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.learningpython.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A Nice blog for beginners</a></p>

<p><a href="http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Think Python: An Introduction to Software Design</a></p>

[{'answer_id': 70584, 'author': 'harriyott', 'author_id': 5744, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/5744', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>There are some screencasts on <a href="http://showmedo.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://showmedo.com</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70596, 'author': 'Swaroop C H', 'author_id': 4869, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4869', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>If you\'re a beginner, try my book <a href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/Python" rel="nofollow noreferrer">A Byte of Python</a>.</p>\n\n<p>If you\'re already experienced in programming, try <a href="http://www.diveintopython.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Dive Into Python</a>.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70608, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I learned from the <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Tutorial</a>!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70610, 'author': 'Bertrand', 'author_id': 11563, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11563', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>+1 for <a href="http://www.diveintopython.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Dive Into Python">Dive Into Python</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70616, 'author': 'cleg', 'author_id': 29503, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/29503', 'pm_score': 6, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>If you need to learn python from scratch - you can start here: <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html</a> - good begginers guide</p>\n\n<p>If you need to extend your knowledge - continue here <a href="http://diveintopython3.ep.io/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://diveintopython3.ep.io/</a> - good intermediate level book</p>\n\n<p>If you need perfect skills - complete this <a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.pythonchallenge.com/</a> - outstanding and interesting challenge</p>\n\n<p>And the perfect source of knowledge is <a href="http://docs.python.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.python.org/</a> - collection of all knowledge</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70619, 'author': 'Chris James', 'author_id': 3193, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3193', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The python manual</a></p>\n\n<p>Its a bit long winded sometimes but it tells you all you need to know to get going.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70626, 'author': 'Tommy Herbert', 'author_id': 11575, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11575', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>The <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">tutorial</a> at Python\'s homepage is a good place to start.  Also, there are some screencasts <a href="http://showmedo.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70677, 'author': 'Pierre-Jean Coudert', 'author_id': 8450, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/8450', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>These are unvaluable online reference tools:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p><a href="http://rgruet.free.fr/PQR25/PQR2.5.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python 2.5 Quick Reference</a> </p></li>\n<li><p><a href="http://www.edgewall.org/python-sidebar/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Side bar</a></p></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p>Other online resources for beginners:</p>\n\n<ul>\n<li><p>A good python blog for beginners: <a href="http://www.learningpython.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.learningpython.com/</a></p></li>\n<li><p><a href="http://code.google.com/edu/languages/index.html#_python_understanding" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Video at Google Code</a></p></li>\n</ul>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70702, 'author': 'Vhaerun', 'author_id': 11234, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11234', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://pleac.sf.net" rel="nofollow noreferrer">PLEAC</a> , has a Python Cookbook , which is very helpful .</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70710, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.poromenos.org/tutorials/python" rel="nofollow noreferrer" title="Learn Python in 10 minutes">Learn Python in 10 minutes</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 70897, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Think Python: An Introduction to Software Design</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 71028, 'author': 'user9282', 'author_id': 9282, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9282', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="https://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/com/0596007973" rel="nofollow noreferrer" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Cookbook</a> is absolutely essestial if you want to know idiomatic python.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 71158, 'author': 'Brutus', 'author_id': 11666, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11666', 'pm_score': 2, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I think <a href="http://www.pythonchallenge.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python Challenge</a> is great. </p>\n\n<p>It\'s not about learning Python (syntax) but presents you small and fun riddles. Solving the riddles is based on Python but you can use whatever fits (your calculator, bash scripts, Perl...). After you solved one, you get to see how others have solved it and can discuss the pros &amp; cons of the different ways. </p>\n\n<p>Very nice <strong>to get a feel</strong> for how things could be done (<em>smart</em>) in Python. This site works especially well if you know a bit about other scripting languages or the commandline, etc.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 71227, 'author': 'Rorick', 'author_id': 11732, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/11732', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I consider <a href="http://code.activestate.com/recipes/langs/python/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">ActiveState\'s Python community</a> to be a great resource. Also\n<a href="http://snippets.dzone.com/tag/python/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">DZone Snippets</a> can be useful.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 71324, 'author': 'jbdavid', 'author_id': 6314, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/6314', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>I first ran across <a href="http://swc.scipy.org/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Software Carpentry</a> looking at lists of python tutorials.. but its a lot more than a tutorial on python. turns out what I really learned was how to use subversion, and that none of my projects are better suited to python than to perl... yet.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 74194, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Also consider [Hands-On Python](<a href="http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh/python/hands-" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cs.luc.edu/~anh/python/hands-</a> on/). It is used as a primary text for Computer Science 150 at Loyola University. It is concise intro to Python while emphasizing good programming style and design.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 74436, 'author': 'Chris AtLee', 'author_id': 4558, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4558', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>The <a href="http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Python tutorial</a> is actually pretty good.</p>\n\n<p>There\'s also a <a href="http://showmedo.com/videos/python" rel="nofollow noreferrer">video series on showmedo</a> about python.</p>\n\n<p>Between those two resources, you should have more than enough to learn the basics!</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 76397, 'author': 'S.Lott', 'author_id': 10661, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/10661', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>You can look at <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/python.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Building Skills in Python</a>, also.  It presumes some level of experience in programming.</p>\n\n<p>If you\'re really new, try <a href="http://homepage.mac.com/s_lott/books/nonprogrammer.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Building Skills in Programming</a>.  It includes a lot of background and fundamentals.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 122122, 'author': 'Community', 'author_id': -1, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/-1', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://thehazeltree.org" rel="nofollow noreferrer">The Hazel Tree</a></p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 2554368, 'author': 'BrightChen', 'author_id': 306151, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/306151', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Python Cookbook is very useful.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 6064659, 'author': 'Ray', 'author_id': 4872, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/4872', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p><a href="http://code.google.com/edu/languages/google-python-class/" rel="nofollow">Google\'s Python Class</a></p>\n\n<blockquote>\n  <p>Welcome to Google\'s Python Class --\n  this is a free class for people with a\n  little bit of programming experience\n  who want to learn Python. The class\n  includes written materials, lecture\n  videos, and lots of code exercises to\n  practice Python coding. These\n  materials are used within Google to\n  introduce Python to people who have\n  just a little programming experience.\n  The first exercises work on basic\n  Python concepts like strings and\n  lists, building up to the later\n  exercises which are full programs\n  dealing with text files, processes,\n  and http connections. The class is\n  geared for people who have a little\n  bit of programming experience in some\n  language, enough to know what a\n  "variable" or "if statement" is.\n  Beyond that, you do not need to be an\n  expert programmer to use this\n  material.</p>\n</blockquote>\n'}]
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