Python from Scratch

[suhasgund]

Hi Friends,
This is Suhas I am interesting to learn Python so please
guide me from where should I start?
0) What is exactly 'Python'
1) What fundamental things require for that?
2) How is it beneficial? in what way?

Thanks,

[bartonc]

Hi Friends,
This is Suhas I am interesting to learn Python so please
guide me from where should I start?
0) What is exactly 'Python'
1) What fundamental things require for that?
2) How is it beneficial? in what way?

Thanks,

Python is a high level language which is distributed freely by python.org. The structure of the language and the organization of its facilities encourage a very modular design strategy. Python has a fairly natural syntax which might resemble psuedocode. If you are familiar with C++, that you will be glad to see that most of the "{}, ;, ->, etc. have be removed in favor of "." and whitespace.
If you are using Windows, python is quite simple to install and start playing with right away. You can get it here. There are also turorials on the python site.
One really cool feature of python is that it is an interpreted language. Within the python shell you can type in any instruction and it will be executed the the result printed back in the shell. This facilitates very rapid learning because there is no compiler to figure out and the editor you use to write your programs can be linked directly to the execution of your program.
If you have more questions, please ask.

[dshimer]

You don't mention if you do any programming in another language. In case you don't, there is a site I like as a first start when I try to get people interested in it.
Non-Programmer's Tutorial for Python
This is very basic, but also quickly points out some of the very basics of Python.

There is also a thread on this forum that discusses good books that I would recommend looking over.

Hi Friends,
This is Suhas I am interesting to learn Python so please
guide me from where should I start?
0) What is exactly 'Python'
1) What fundamental things require for that?
2) How is it beneficial? in what way?

Thanks,

[spacecoyote]

I started with the free ebook "How to Think Like a Computer Scientist - Learning With Python" and once I outgrew that, I refer only to Python's included reference manual (its very good for intermediate use but not a good start). I think you'll find Python very easy to grasp. Good luck and happy coding.