Resources for Getting Started

Here are some resources to get your whet your appetite and get you started with Python

Learning Python

http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

Interactive Tutorials

• http://www.learnpython.org/
• http://www.pythontutor.com/

Other bare minimum

Git & Github

To work with others. TODO

Data Science

• Scikit-learn documentation and tutorials
• Tom Augspurger's guide to Pandas
• The (free) textbook "Elements of Statistical Learning" (The examples are in R, but it's a great textbook on basic concepts in data science.)
• PyData YouTube channel

WebDev

• Fullstack Python
• http://docs.python-guide.org/en/latest/scenarios/web/

Testing

TODO

Project Ideas

• Practice the language and practical Python applications bite-sized projects with scaffolding provided.

Stepping up

• NewCoder is for when you get to the point where you say “Well, I worked through this beginner book. Now what?” It has tutorials on Data Visualization, APIs, Web Scraping, Networking