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Learning Python
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Learning
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* MIT OpenCourseWare [http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-189January--IAP--2008/CourseHome/index.htm A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python] which primarily uses [http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkpython.html Think Python: How to Think Like a Computer Scientist].
* [http://www.diveintopython.org/ Dive into Python], available in (free) online and dead trees formats. Good introduction, but a bit dated at this point (2004).
* djbclark recommends [http://hetland.org/writing/beginning-python/ Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional]
* djbclark recommends [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythoncook2/ Python Cookbook, 2nd Edition]

References
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* desai recommends "Python: Essential Reference, 3rd Edition", which is available [http://safari.samspublishing.com/0672328623 online], in [http://www.samspublishing.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0768664985&rl=1 pdf], and as a [http://www.samspublishing.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0672328623&rl=1 book].
* djbclark recommends [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonpr3/ Python Pocket Reference, 3rd Edition]
* [http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/pythonian2/ Python in a Nutshell, 2nd Edition]
* lueningh recommends the official [http://docs.python.org/lib/lib.html library reference] for, say, when you just need to know what all of a string object's methods are.