Geek Posted August 14, 2011 Posted August 14, 2011 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/python-3.gif" alt="Python 3" title="python-3" width="573" height="267" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-19989" /></p> <p>Want to learn a new programming language? Python is one of the hippest languages in use these days, but why pay for books and coursework when you can do this all on your own, for free, on your Mac? You can do exactly that with Dive Into Python 3, which has been made available as a free download online or as a PDF.</p> <p>A couple notes, the book is for Python 3, but <a href="http://osxdaily.com/tag/mac-os-x-10-7/">Mac OS X Lion</a> bundles Python 2.7, so you’ll want to download the latest version. Here’s all you’ll need to get started:</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/xcode/id448457090?mt=12">Xcode 4.1</a> – free download from the App Store</li> <li><strong>Text Editor with Python syntax highlighting</strong> – Xcode works for this, or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/textwrangler/id404010395?mt=12">TextWrangler</a> is highly recommended too, it’s the free little brother to BBEdit</li> <li><a href="http://python.org/ftp/python/3.2.1/python-3.2.1-macosx10.6.dmg">Python 3.2.1 for Mac OS X 10.6 and 10.7</a> (direct link, <a href="http://python.org/download/">other OS versions here</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://diveintopython3.org/">Bookmark DiveIntoPython3.org</a> or better yet…</li> <li><a href="http://diveintopython3.org/d/diveintopython3-pdf-latest.zip">Download the entire book as a PDF and example files, for free</a> – you can then <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/07/16/open-save-pdf-in-ibooks-on-iphone-and-ipad/">save and open the PDF on your iPad</a> for quick reference if you want</li> </ul> <p>Thanks to Mike for the link to <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2861778">HackerNews</a>, where the discussion thread also include recommendations for the <a href="http://docs.python.org/tutorial/">official tutorial</a> on Python.org and the accompanying <a href="http://docs.python.org/reference/index.html">reference guide</a> as two additional great resources for learning.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpRxtgQ7vo7zIAl4w4bdq_-kZYU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpRxtgQ7vo7zIAl4w4bdq_-kZYU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpRxtgQ7vo7zIAl4w4bdq_-kZYU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BpRxtgQ7vo7zIAl4w4bdq_-kZYU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=FghmsLjs6-0:rK_YgzV2vWA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/FghmsLjs6-0" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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