looking for a python compiler + tutorial

[the Burning]

looking for recommendations for a python compiler + tutorial
my only programming experence is from a teach yourself c++ in 28 days book (not good)
and working my way through the school computer system;)

[Wybiral]

You don't need a compiler to use python, it can be interpreted. Just write a python program, save it as a ".py" and run it from the command line with "python my_program.py"

BTW, if you want tutorials, search this board ^ (there is a search option somewhere up there)
There are a ton of good links laying around.

[pmasiar]

look at master tuturial here (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=333867)

BTW tutorial thread is falling into past - we need to make it sticky! where are moderators when we need them? :-)

[meng]

www.awaretek.com has some good python links.
www.diveintopython.org is good if you've got a little programming experience already, but would also be okay for an "advanced beginner"

[dwblas]

Very complete list of python books. Also, check out activestate and faqts for code samples and snippets.
http://python-forum.org/py/viewtopic.php?t=12&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

[phossal]

I'm surprised more of you pro-Python programmers don't recommend the e-tutorial written by Python's author? Why not?
Python Tutorial by Guido van Rossum (http://docs.python.org/tut/)

[alef13]

for those who really want to "compile" and distribute binary code:
http://docs.python.org/tut/node8.html#SECTION008120000000000000000

[Majorix]

You can compile Python to only Bytecode on Linux as far as I know, and that links does that. To convert a .py to an exe under Windows there is py2exe.