Learning Python

[Darren01274]

Hi I just bought 2 Raspberry PI boards one for my kid who asked me about programming, my question is, how easy it it to learn python with no programming knowledge? Is there a good book that can teach you and one that is suitable for kids.

Darren

[ProgramKid]

Yes there is it is called learning python. It is in the library. If not try searching python for kids!

[davef21370]

Try "Learning Python The Hard Way", I've not seen the book myself but have heard good reports.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
You can get the paper version from Amazon.

It is easy to learn but work at your own pace and don't take too much on. These forums are full of posts from beginners asking for help with code that they really shouldn't be tackling in the first place (in my opinion).
The main thing is to enjoy it and don't be disheartened when things don't work, just get on here and ask for advice.

Dave.

[Darren01274]

Try "Learning Python The Hard Way", I've not seen the book myself but have heard good reports.

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/
You can get the paper version from Amazon.

It is easy to learn but work at your own pace and don't take too much on. These forums are full of posts from beginners asking for help with code that they really shouldn't be tackling in the first place (in my opinion).
The main thing is to enjoy it and don't be disheartened when things don't work, just get on here and ask for advice.

Dave.

Thank you Dave. Really like the RPI not done a great deal with mine at the minute, my son been messing with scratch which seems to keep him amused lol. I put the media centre software and managed to stream videos from my pc to it and setup controller app on Iphone which works great, was amazed on how well it ran the videos and boots straight into the media centre software

Just bought some more sd cards and looking for other interesting projects to do with it now.

[Squeebles]

i recommend http://www.codecademy.com/. the interface can be a bit finicky at times but overall i believe it to be a great way to learn. they tell you a bit about the language and have you write little bits and pieces to get you on your way. before you know it you've written your first program.

[WebPi]

This is a great place to find answers: http://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/

[Darren01274]

Hi funny you should mention that website, I found a kids blog while searching google about the Raspberry Pi lol, and she recommended it on her blog, so I decided to sign up and give it a whirl. So far I think it is a great website, and the fact you can enter the text into the website and tells you if you done it right is brill. Doubt it will turn me into bill gates but its great to have a little more knowledge of Python!

i recommend http://www.codecademy.com/. the interface can be a bit finicky at times but overall i believe it to be a great way to learn. they tell you a bit about the language and have you write little bits and pieces to get you on your way. before you know it you've written your first program.

[Guy999]

Therre is a free e-book for kids 8+ called 'Snake wrangling for kids'

http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html

[Darren01274]

Thanks for the link.

Therre is a free e-book for kids 8+ called 'Snake wrangling for kids'

http://www.briggs.net.nz/snake-wrangling-for-kids.html