Python for Programmers

The tutorials on this page are aimed at people who have previous experience with other programming languages (C, Perl, Lisp, Visual Basic). Also of potential interest are such related Beginners Guides as BeginnersGuide/Overview and BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers and the tips in MovingToPythonFromOtherLanguages.

• Python Tutorial

  This tutorial is part of Python's documentation set and is updated with each new release.

• Dive Into Python

  A fine tutorial by Mark Pilgrim.

• Python Essential Reference (book)

  If you want a highly compressed K&R-style 'just the facts' overview, David Beazley's "Python Essential Reference" covers practically all of the language in about a hundred pages.

• Wikibook:Python Programming

• Wikiversity:Python

  The Wiki(anything) information about Python.

• Instant Python

  A minimal crash course by Magnus Lie Hetland.

• Python Programming for Beginners

  A short introduction to writing command-line applications in Python by Jacek Artymiak.

• Python 101 - Beginning Python and Python 201 - (Slightly) Advanced Python

  Two self-training courses from Dave Kuhlman. Python 101 introduces the basic data types, and 201 covers particular tasks such as parsing text and writing unit tests.

• Python Short Course

  A set of course slides by Richard P. Muller of Caltech that are aimed at scientific users. For example, the first example is a script to process output from a quantum chemistry simulation.

• Learn Python in 10 minutes

• Python for Science

  Course material written by Konrad Hinsen for an introduction to Python aimed at biologists.

• Software Carpentry: lectures aimed at scientists and engineers.

• You can find a variety of Python tutorials on Code Teacher.

• 'Getting started with Python' blog series at ShowMeDo, includes articles on 'Python Development Environments' and 'Python Under-The-Hood'

• ShowMeDo.com/videos/Python: Over 90 ShowMeDo Python programming videos (almost all are free and all are made by Python experts). Topics include:

  • Python 101 - easygui and csv - Aimed at new/intermediate Pythonistas showing how to build a full application in Python (pay-to-own)

  • Python Development on XP (9 videos, pay-to-own) Aimed at new/intermediate Pythonistas

  • A Guide to Python Resources on the Web (2 videos)

  • Einführung in die Programmierung mit Python (14 videos - German)

  • Python GUI Programming with wxPython (3 videos)