I'm taking a Python class right now and I'm pretty shit at it. I only have to take Python and Scripting (professor said its basically advanced Python) and I'm done with my CS requirements for my degree.
What are some good resources out there for tutorials and help etc? Yes I've tried google but I figured some people here actually know about this shit.
>>55169295
learn python the hard way is my go-to python tutorial. I'm not sure it can be beat.
If you need a friend, hop on freenode and join some programming-related channels. People are friendlier than you'd think.
>>55169565
>>55169295
here's a link, btw
http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
>>55169295
if you can't even do this maybe *newsflash* you shouldn't be studying computer science?
>>55169295
The python documentation has all you need and it's fairly well written.
Also a decent (but RAM nomming) IDE would be PyCharm. It has built in support for PEP8 coding style, autocomplete in most cases and other generic JetBrains goodies.
>>55169574
>>55169565
>had a typo in the lesson about dictionaries where square brackets were used instead of curly ones
Not that it's a biggie, but little things like that accompany the big mistake of "see this, now go look it up on the internet why it's done like this" attitude of teaching.
>>55169662
you should brush up on your reading skills, he's talking about lists in that first part:
> What does matter is what they do when compared to lists. You see, an list lets you do this:
>>55169582
I'm not studying CS. I just require these two CS classes for my degree. I'm in IT
>>55169589
Sounds really cool, the autocomplete worries me. Is it like when you're on your phone and it tries to finish a word for you? It's an intro course so it might not be necessary.
>>55169869
It merely offers suggestions of functions/classes contained in a module or a scope.
>>55169295
Here you go
https://github.com/vhf/free-programming-books/blob/master/free-programming-books.md#python
Don't just read, do stuff. Books are for referencing. Python is really enjoyable language
>>55169934
>Python is really enjoyable language
+1. Fucking love the grammar with list comprehension and javascript-like decorators combined with functional programming.