What is a good resource to learn Python?

[Phillip McCleod]

2. python is pure awesomeness congealed into poetry..

..yes, definitely a good beginner's language. may i ask what coding experience you *do* have? HTML? PHP? anything like that? or are you a true noob? i only ask because there's some good tutorials for coders coming to python from another language.. but even without knowing your answers, i can at least recommend the following..

* Instant Hacking: http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html
* Python Wiki Beginner's Guide for Non-Programmers: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide/NonProgrammers

then there's this classic.. the title is a 'misnomer' as the author puts it..

* Learning Python the Hard Way: http://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/

and of course you'll need to *eat, sleep, and breath* teh python docs, which has it's own tutorials..

* Python Documentation: http://www.python.org/doc/

may i also ask which python version you're going to be hacking in? and on which operating system your hacks will be running?

most of the good tutorials are written for Python 2, but when you're perusing the docs make sure the version number matches whatever you decide to use.