Beginner's Python Course with Exercises?

[Gadren]

I've been working a bit with various Python tutorials and such, but what I've been looking for is one with an "online course" feel to it, geared toward beginners in both Python and programming, with related problems or exercises at the end of sections which I can complete to test my skills. Does anyone know of such a tutorial?

[lrmall01]

Here's one that is slanted toward game programming, with a library to help.
http://www.nongnu.org/pygsear/

[amohanty]

http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
Also at the terminal:

sudo apt-get install diveintopython

Then use Places->Computer to navigate to :
/usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html
OR
in your browser goto:
file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/toc/index.html

HTH
AM

[Jessehk]

http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html
Also at the terminal:



Then use Places->Computer to navigate to :
/usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html
OR
in your browser goto:
file:///usr/share/doc/diveintopython/html/toc/index.html

HTH
AM

He specifically wanted something geared towards a beginner programmer
with exercises. Dive Into Python has/is neither.

[Omnios]

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/

This is supposed to be the best newbie book as seen on G4 Teck TV and it was written to teach students in college as they found the student had a hard time with the other available books.

[sapo]

i ve started to learn python with this free book:

http://byteofpython.info

[amohanty]

He specifically wanted something geared towards a beginner programmer
with exercises. Dive Into Python has/is neither.

IMO It still is a good resource for beginners. As to exercises, I dont think one can equate programming with something like introductory calculus or physics wherein _exercises_ have some meaning. Both the python tutorial and dive into python have lots of simple introductory and advanced examples, which should suffice for anybody at pretty much any level of expertise.

What he does have to do is to pick a task that he wants to do using a python application and them use the tutorials to do the same. Having exercises of the - 'write a program to print hello world' ilk - IMO are neither useful or in any form consequential to the task of learning to program.

Maybe I sould have been more explicit in how to use the resources, and I apologize for the omission.

AM