Revolves

If you want to learn Python, Google’s Python Class might be worth checking out. It includes videos, written material and programming exercises. It is usually given to Google employees new to python.

The tutorial assumes you have at least a basic knowledge of programming concepts. If you know what a “variable” is, or what “loops” are, you should be good to go.

It teaches various stuff like the data strucutures present in Python, regular expressions, urllib (for HTTP stuff), file handling etc. I like the way they’ve given exercises. There are many tutorials online, and most of them don’t have an exercise kind of thing which will test what you’ve learned.

Now, those with some Python experience might be curious about the version. Google Class recommends Python 2.6.x, and also recommends avoiding 3.x for now. The reason might be partly due to the fact that many modules are yet to be supported in 3.x. A beginner would rather learn the version which gives him the maximum flexibility.

Go ahead, check out the tutorial.