--- In ilug-goa@yahoogroups.com, "Edgar D' Souza" <edgar.b.dsouza@...>
wrote:
>
> One of the BEST beginner tutorials/books that I have read, and THE one
> which really got me into Python, is Swaroop C H's "A Byte of Python".
> Read the accolades at http://www.swaroopch.com/byteofpython/ (and that
> it's used as instructional material in various educational
> institutions... and at NASA!!...)
> You can grab a copy to read offline at
> http://www.ibiblio.org/swaroopch/byteofpython/files/120/ (since it's
> licensed under CC 2.0, it is free for you to give out copies as well).

"Think Python' is another downloadable book. It is published under the
GNU Free Documentation License.

In the authors own words, this book is more about programming than
Python. The original title of the book was "How to Think Like a
Computer Scientist: Learning with Python".

Since the book has been written by a teaching faculty, it should be
good for students just starting to learn programming.