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GeezerVison is showing github.com — fullstackpython.github.com/best-python-resources.html at gh-pages · CherifSy/fullstackpython.github.com Expand file tree/ Copy pathbest-python-resources.htmlMore file actions 381 lines (376 loc) · 23.1 KB / Copy pathbest-python-resources.htmlFile metadata and controls381 lines (376 loc) · 23.1 KB 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 <!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <meta name="author" content="Matt Makai"> <meta name="description" content="Get recommendations for dozens of great programming tutorials on Full Stack Python's Best Python Resources page."> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="theme/img/fsp-fav.png"> <title>Best Python Resources - Full Stack Python</title> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/html5shiv/3.7.0/html5shiv.js"></script> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/libs/respond.js/1.3.0/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]--> <style> .toc-indent {padding-left: 25px;} .toc-more-indent {padding-left: 37px;} </style> <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','//www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-19910497-7', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); </script> </head> <body> <a href="https://github.com/makaimc/fullstackpython.github.com"><img style="position: absolute; top: 0; right: 0; border: 0;" src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a6677b08c955af8400f44c6298f40e7d19cc5b2d/68747470733a2f2f73332e616d617a6f6e6177732e636f6d2f6769746875622f726962626f6e732f666f726b6d655f72696768745f677261795f3664366436642e706e67" alt="Fork me on GitHub" data-canonical-src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/github/ribbons/forkme_right_gray_6d6d6d.png"></a> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="logo-header-section"> <a href="/" style="text-decoration: none; border: none;"><img src="theme/img/fsp-logo.png" height="52" width="52" class="logo-image" style="padding-top: 1px;" alt="Full Stack Python logo"></a> <span class="logo-title"><a href="/">Full Stack Python</a></span> </div> </div> </div><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <h1>Best Python Resources</h1> <p>The Python community is amazing at sharing detailed resources and helping beginners learn to program with the language. There are so many resources out there though that it can be difficult to know how to find them. </p> <p>This page aggregates the best Python resources with a brief description of how it fits one's learning purpose. </p> <p>Looking for information on Python development environments? There's a <a href="/development-environments.html">whole other page for editors and IDEs</a>.</p> <h2>New to programming</h2> <p>If you're learning your first programming language these books were written with you in mind. Developers learning Python as a second or later language should skip down to the next section for "experienced developers".</p> <ul> <li> <p>To get an introduction to Python, Django and Flask at the same time, consider purchasing the <a href="https://www.realpython.com/?utm_source=fullstackpython&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=best_resources_page" onclick="trackOutboundLink('http://www.realpython.com/?utm_source=fullstackpython&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=best_resources_page'); return false;">Real Python</a> course by Fletcher, Michael and Jeremy.</p> </li> <li> <p>If you've never programmed before check out the <a href="http://learntocodewith.me/getting-started/">Getting Started</a> page on <a href="http://learntocodewith.me/">Learn To Code with Me</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/lebdev">Laurence Bradford</a>. She's done an incredible job of breaking down the steps beginners should take when they're uncertain about where to begin.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/">Learn Python the Hard Way</a> is a free book by Zed Shaw.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.diveinto.org/python3/">Dive into Python 3</a> is an open source book provided under the Creative Commons license and available in HTML or PDF form.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://pymbook.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Python for You and Me</a> (pym) is an online book for people completely unfamiliar with the Python programming language.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.swaroopch.com/notes/python/">A Byte of Python</a> is a beginner's tutorial for the Python language. </p> </li> <li> <p>Code Academy has a <a href="http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python">Python track</a> for people completely new to programming.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://opentechschool.github.io/python-beginners/en/index.html">Introduction to Programming with Python</a> goes over the basic syntax and control structures in Python. The free book has numerous code examples to go along with each topic.</p> </li> <li> <p>The O'Reilly book <a href="http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/html/index.html">Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist</a> is available in HTML form for free on the web.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://anandology.com/python-practice-book/index.html">Python Practice Book</a> is a book of Python exercises to help you learn the basic language syntax.</p> </li> <li> <p>Looking for ideas about what projects to use to learn to code? Check out <a href="https://medium.com/learning-journalism-tech/five-mini-programming-projects-for-the-python-beginner-21492f6ce0f3">this list of 5 programming project for Python beginners</a>.</p> </li> <li> <p>I wrote a quick blog post on <a href="http://www.mattmakai.com/learning-python-for-non-developers.html">learning Python</a> that non-technical folks trying to learn to program may find useful.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Experienced developers new to Python</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://learnxinyminutes.com/docs/python/">Learn Python in y minutes</a> provides a whirlwind tour of the Python language. The guide is especially useful if you're coming in with previous software development experience and want to quickly grasp how the language is structured.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://pymbook.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">Python for you and me</a> is an approachable book with sections for Python syntax and the major language constructs. The book also contains a short guide at the end to get programmers to write their first Flask web application.</p> </li> <li> <p>Kenneth Reitz's <a href="http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/">The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Python</a> contains a wealth of information both on the Python programming language and the community.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://districtdatalabs.silvrback.com/how-to-develop-quality-python-code">How to Develop Quality Python Code</a> is a good read to begin learning about development environments, application dependencies and project structure.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://developers.google.com/edu/python/">Google's Python Class</a> contains lecture videos and exercises for learning Python.</p> </li> <li> <p>Check out the <a href="http://www.realpython.com/blog/">Real Python! Blog</a> for a great set of relevant posts about Python web development topics.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Beyond the basics</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://mirnazim.org/writings/python-ecosystem-introduction/">The Python Ecosystem: An Introduction</a> provides context for virtual machines, Python packaging, pip, virutalenv and many other topics after learning the basic Python syntax. </p> </li> <li> <p>The <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/python">Python Subreddit</a> rolls up great Python links and has an active community ready to answer questions from beginners and advanced Python developers alike.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://jessenoller.com/good-to-great-python-reads/">Good to Great Python Reads</a> is a collection of intermediate and advanced Python articles around the web focused on nuances and details of the Python language itself.</p> </li> <li> <p>The blog <a href="http://freepythontips.wordpress.com/">Free Python Tips</a> provides posts on Python topics as well as news for the Python ecosystem.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://pythonbooks.revolunet.com/">Python Books</a> is a collection of freely available books on Python, Django, and data analysis.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Videos, screencasts and presentations</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/heddle317">Kate Heddleston</a> gave a talk at PyCon 2014 called "<a href="http://pyvideo.org/video/2591/so-you-want-to-be-a-full-stack-developer-how-to">Full-stack Python Web Applications</a>" with clear visuals for how numerous layers of the Python web stack fit together. There are also <a href="https://speakerdeck.com/pycon2014/so-you-want-to-be-a-full-stack-developer-how-to-build-a-full-stack-python-web-application-by-kate-heddleston">slides available from the talk</a> with all the diagrams.</p> </li> <li> <p>My <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NaOKD40rY">EuroPython 2014 "Full Stack Python"</a> talk goes over each topic from this guide and provides context for how the pieces fit together. The <a href="http://www.mattmakai.com/presentations/2014-full-stack-python-berlin.html">talk slides</a> are also available.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://www.neckbeardrepublic.com/">Neckbeard Republic</a> provides free screencasts for learning intermediate topics. I typically prefer to learn by reading. However, these videos are helpful in seeing the code on the screen instead of just looking at static code snippets.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://www.pyvideo.org/">PyVideo</a> organizes and indexes thousands of Python videos from both major conferences and meetups.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Curated Python packages lists</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://github.com/vinta/awesome-python">awesome-python</a> is an incredible list of Python frameworks, libraries and software. I wish I had this page when I was just getting started. </p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://easy-python.readthedocs.org/en/latest/">easy-python</a> is like awesome-python although instead of just a Git repository this site is in the Read the Docs format.</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Newsletters</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="http://www.pythonweekly.com/">Python Weekly</a> is a free weekly roundup of the latest Python articles, videos, projects, and upcoming events.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://pycoders.com/">PyCoder's Weekly</a> is another great free weekly email newsletter similar to Python Weekly. The best resources are generally covered in both newsletters but they often cover different articles and projects from around the web.</p> </li> <li> <p><a href="http://importpython.com/newsletter/">Import Python</a> is a newer newsletter thank Python Weekly and PyCoder's Weekly. So far I've found this newsletter covers different sources from other newsletters. 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