First language im learning python, need advice!
 

Ive been interested in programming for a long time but today I finnaly decided to start learning, and after talking to a couple people they said python is probably best starting point. So what im here to ask is whats best book / online teaching guide that i should use?

I will be using the program PythonWin

Thanks :D

I have recommend this book after I read it. It is good for beginner starting with Python. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning Python.

http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy.pdf

"Learning Python" by Mark Lutz & David Ascher published by O'Reilly is pretty much the learning standard. Should be in your book store or library.

A nice online book:
http://www.ibiblio.org/g2swap/byteofpython/read/

For some reason I could never get through learning python. What really hit it off with me was Guido Van Rossum's tutorial. I am now following that up with Core Python Programming by Chun.

Also, I have enjoyed this Podcast by ron at, http://www.awaretek.com/python/index.html, you can also find it in itunes. Another sweet spot for info is the usenet group.

I would recommend Core Python Programming over Learning Python. It is more up to date for Python 2.5 and it just floated my boat.

The great thing about Python is the community. You can find a lot of information freely available online :)

I’ve some Python E-books. Just write me a PM if you are interested.

I started out with Oreilly's "Learning Python" and OReilly's "Python in a nutshell".

Be careful with those books put out by O'Reilly. Most of them are not very good tutorials at all. They serve more as a reference.

I don't know what anybody else here thinks of it, but for a beginner, Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner is perfect. Fun examples, easy-to-understand tutorials, and best of all, no previous programming experience is required, or even expected. That's the book I started with and I still occasionally refer to it.

Have fun programming!