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On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I just saw this posted to the Ubuntu mailing list and thought it might be of > interest. > > Basically one of the members would like to learn Python and someone > suggested this book which is aimed at kids but possibly useful in learning > the basics: > > http://www.briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids/ > > It's a free PDF with specific versions available covering Linux, Windows and > Mac and teaches kids how to program in Python. Just reading the first > couple of pages made me chuckle, I'm going to encourage my kids to have a > read of it so they can do something more productive on their computer. > > Rob Excellent! I'm thinking this could be a useful resource for me at College too - there are plenty of students who (like me) seem to dislike the curly-bracket languages but find VB too restrictive. If I understand things correctly, Python can be used as either/both a procedural language and an OO language too - and since we're going to be running modules on both of these next year (hopefully), this would be an awesome tool to use! Thank you. :) Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq