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So I recently got interested in learning to program. With some light research, I found out that python seems to be a good language and a nice language to start with.
But I have some difficulty in choosing how to start learning it as a simple google search
will turn up with hundreds of different paid guides written tutorials video tutorials and i have no way of knowing if one might be bad or good.
As such I would love to hear some people recommend courses/videos or any other way to get started. Thanks for any help
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When I started with python, I found codeacademy's course on python https://www.codecademy.com/learn/learn-python-3 really helpful for the basics. You can practice online and the small tasks in the course are really helpful in understanding the basics.
Once you touch base with the basics of python then you can pick a project like tic-tac-toe, snake or a simple calculator to improve your skills. Take up small projects after finishing the course and you'll find yourself more comfortable with the language.
Although this is how I started, I bet answers from people expert in the domain might be more insightful, Cheers!
Out of many video resources which I've watched so far, this one was one of the best out there by Tim Buchalka:
Python the complete python developer course
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My goal is to land a job in Data Science and I would like to ask the people who already work in this field and who can give me advise which Python Framework (Flask or Django) should I master / focus on?
My plan is to create machine learning projects and deploy them to a server, and present them as my experience since I don't have any actual work experience in this field. But I don't want to make a mistake spending hours and hours mastering framework that no one use and then learn again.
Thank You.
Both are good options.
Flask for small scope.
Django is complete, has feature for almost everything out of the box.
You might also include in your stack: pandas, spark, tensor flow, Apache Bean, Google Data Flow, and other related stuff.
Start doing small projects from the courses and tutorials to begin a portfolio, always go for the official documentation to tie up things.
The most important is one Python. Getting really good with Python is the most important pre-requisite.
Then learn data Science Python libraries, first NumPy, and then Pandas.
After that move on to advanced tools like TensorFlow, or the programming language R.
One of the best places to learn more about these technologies, take free courses on freecodecamp.org, first do the course on Python computing, then TensorFlow, both of these are great.
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I have just started trying to learn Python (windows) via online guides/courses etc (I read that this was a good language to start in). I was just wondering if there are any specific texts you would advise to aid me. As I said in the title I am a complete beginner in programming so any help would be great.
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My greatest advice for new developers is to be efficient at learning and be headed in the right direction. Most of the people drive straight into learning the language and remembering syntax and all kinds of aspects about the language, instead of actually doing any programming. While it's essential to know the fundamentals of a language to do any projects, it also can be wasteful in terms of productivity.
So, to say this shortly, learn the core fundamentals and immediately start creating projects that you always wanted to make. No matter how hard your end goal is going to be you just need to split into parts that you will be able to compete and learn on the way of making it.
To say it even more shortly, learn how to drive the car, not the car itself
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I am looking for online resource or any good e-book for developing the small games using python language with object orientated approach . my objective is to create small games in class/object fashion.
I googled it but didn't get any good link.
can anybody knows about good resource to start?
Look into Kivy (mobile/cross-platform--which uses PyGame) or PyGame for game development modules. Python is an object-oriented language so mostly everything created python should be object-oriented naturally.
Just some references to get you started:
PyGame:http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/tutorials/how-to-learn-pygame--cms-24184
Kivy Docs: https://kivy.org/docs/tutorials/pong.html
Alexander Taylor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7UKmK9eQLY
First of all, these types of questions usually get closed quickly because "help me find a tool, book or resource" is generally not welcome.
That said we do our best to help anyway before questions get shut down.
I would recommend Pygame if you're a beginner, otherwise I'd suggest Pyglet every day of the week.
I just posted a good example yesterday of how you can OOP some OpenGL stuff that can be used for games that I think work really well. I also gave a semi descent description of every step to make it more logical (bare in mind I was speeded out of my brains while typing it so pardon the language):
https://stackoverflow.com/a/34861509/929999
Check that out and see if that is in your ballpark of what you hand in mind band best for luck to your journey.
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As a engineering student, I would like to make a chat bot using python. So, I searched a lot but couldn't really find stuff that would teach me or give me some concrete information to build a intelligent chat bot.
I would like to make a chatbot that gives human-like responses (Simply like a friend chatting with you). I am currently expecting it to be as just a software on my laptop (would like to implement in IM, IRC or websites later).
So, I am looking for a tutorial/ any other information which would certainly help me to get my project done.
You can read a nice introduction to various techniques used to design chatbots here: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/6305/beyond_fa%C3%A7ade_pattern_matching_.php
Also, here are a few useful links:
http://web.archive.org/web/20120320060043/
http://ai-programming.com/bot_tutorial.htm
http://www.alicebot.org/be.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chatterbots
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/36106/Chatbot-Tutorial
http://www.slideshare.net/amyiris/ai-and-python-developing-a-conversational-interface-using-python
The Natural Language Toolkit (python) implements a few chatbots: http://nltk.github.com/api/nltk.chat.html
Simple pipeline architecture for a spoken dialogue system from the book Natural Language Processing with Python - Analyzing Text with the Natural Language Toolkit By Steven Bird, Ewan Klein, Edward Loper:
The two places I would start with are how cleverbot works [part of a podcast] and then go through the Natural Language Toolkit Book to learn about the algorithms to use. (NLTK uses python, but the book is also a python tutorial)
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There's lots of good conference videos online regarding Python and Django development.
Instead of watching ST:TNG at the computer, I figure it'd more productive to hone my knowledge . Fire away with some of your most inspiring and educational Python, Django, or simply programming related talks. Provide an explanation of why you found the talk useful.
Examples:
James Bennet on Re-usable Apps - Got me to take a serious look at django apps. Put together a fairly robust site in two days afterwards with django-cms, django-photologue, django-contact-form. Good advice on when your app is crossing boundaries and why it's good to err on the site of 'make it a separate app.'
blip.tv's pycon channel has all talks from Pycon 2009 and (recently concluded) 2010 -- seriously good stuff! Pick your talks from the "episodes archive" pages.
http://pyvideo.org/
Python related video indexed so you can find it. 803 videos so far.
http://lanyrd.com, tag Django
157 videos
110 slide decks
and updating...
Search for the u'r favorite author, recommeded
pydanny
jacobian
jtaubber
I've found some of the google tech talks on Python or Django very informative.
They have quite a few, so doing a search on "Django" or "Python" at the following website might be a good idea.
http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks
When I was looking for online Django tutorial videos, I stumbled across http://showmedo.com/learningpaths/20/view. Nice community developed video tutorial site, which lays out step by step approach to learning. Some of the videos are posted 2 or 3 years before, so the material may not be latest. Nevertheless, it may help you with understanding the fundamentals.
In the same vain as the answer from Alex, Djangocon has videos up on blip. http://blip.tv/djangocon