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Google Python Class Day 1 Part 1

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  • Recommended by 3 people: 3 on Hacker News.
  • A classic. People kept recommending it from 2011 to 2018.
  • Presented by Nick Parlante, Lecturer at Stanford University

Beginner. No background in the topic needed.

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Nick Parlante introduces Python basics, including the interpreter, variables, and string manipulation, in the first session of Google's Python Class.

Google Python Class Day 1 Part 1: Introduction and Strings. Interested in learning python? Then you must watch this video! By Nick Parlante. Support materials and exercises: goo.gl/ztTFg Subscribe to the Google Developers channel at goo.gl/mQyv5L

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What people say. Highly recommended as an excellent, clear introduction to Python for those with some basic programming familiarity.

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therockspushon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Google's Python Class”

I watched the original Nick Parlante videos that this material is based off 7 years ago, and recommend it to anybody that thinks they need to learn programming. First Lecture. link to this video I took a couple C classes in college that were geared for people who already knew how to program and hated it. Never wanted to think about it again. Those videos helped abstract a lot of the low level muck away and build real stuff. Once I was able to understand some of these concepts and why you would actually use them I could go back and learn all the things that were too deep in the weeds to understand. Its a bit dated now but still some of the best training videos I've seen.
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PythonDeveloperon Hacker News • Recommends

On “Ask HN: Ideas For Implementing A Simple Web App?”

The best tool for the job is the tool that lets you finish and ship a product. Try Python ( link ). It's free, easy to learn, uses the latest in methodologies, has massive community support, and you can have an app up in 10 minutes. You can also add django if you want a very well thought out framework with scaffolding, enhanced models, etc. Check it out on YouTube: link to this video
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willhollowayon Hacker News • Recommends

On “ShowHN: I learned to code and got a job in less than a year. Here is my ebook.”

…ted coding professionally January 15th of this year and already I've fixed and enhanced two large complicated projects and built two of my own. So anyone saying this isn't possible is absolutely wrong. I recommend watching Google's Python Class 1 for anyone getting started with Python that has a familiarity with basic programming concepts. 1 : link to this video…
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soulseekahon Stack Overflow • Mentions

On “Colon (:) in Python list index”

: is the delimiter of the slice syntax to 'slice out' sub-parts in sequences , start:end 1:5 is equivalent to "from 1 to 5" (5 not included) 1: is equivalent to "1 to end" len(a): is equivalent to "from length of a to end" Watch link to this video at around 40:00 he starts explaining that. Works with tuples and strings, too.
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sumukh1on Hacker News • Mentions

On “Google’s Python Lessons are Awesome”

Readability PDF: link Site seems to be down (PDF posted above) but the link to the lessons is a good link to keep handy. Link to class: link Link to video 1: link to this video
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Natsuon Hacker News • Mentions

On “Google’s Python Lessons are Awesome”

The article is very short. It just tells you that Google's Python intros are awesome, then gives you the links below: Lessons: link YouTube videos: link to this video Downloadable puzzles: link You won't miss much if you skip the article entirely. That said, the material it links to seems pretty good. I've been trying to learn Python lately and working through the interpreter at first seems to be a good way to get a sense of how Python does things. And there are some neat libraries out there. For example, you're not much more than a "from pygr import worldbase" away from wandering through the human (or mouse, or yeast...) genome if you want to. That said, I still need to set up a proper vim config…
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u/habysin r/compsci • Mentions

On “besides carlh.(which is great), what would you recommend for the absolute beginner for an intro to programming? assembly?”

I've enjoyed Nick Parlante's videos on python as well link to this video It moves a good bit faster than MIT's.
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