Python info or resources I've found critical

• Periodically revisiting the discussion of the python data model in the language reference is something I do, as how Python thinks about data is such a fundamental design principle for the language. If you don't get it, you don't get it...

Getting Started with Python

• Guido's personal home page - not just cool reading, but useful to understand the intent of the language
• This tutorial, http://docs.python.org/tut/, walks you through Python from the view of Guido, who started Python.
• This page, http://www.python.org/doc/intros/, also on the official Python website, has a bunch of different style of introductions to Python. You are welcome to start with any of these. http://www.python.org/doc/intros/

Python books

• Object-Oriented Programming in Python - Goldwasser & Letscher, a terrific book to teach both Python and superb programming design, style, etc. Teaches true functional programming.

-- HilaryHolz - 25 Sep 2008