Getting Started with Python

This page highlights resources to gain an understanding of the Python programming language.

Learn Python

Title	Description
Getting started with Python for science	Quick primer tutorial for scientific Python by & for scientists from: Scipy lecture notes
The Python tutorial	A more thorough tutorial
Think Python	A free, pdf book (also for the beginning programmer)

Further reading

Title	Description
python.org	‘home base’, with extensive resources from: Python Software Foundation

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