Thanks Hank, I'll check the website and download Aptana to check it out.

>Hi Hugo,
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>there are a bunch of them: that's one of the nice things about Python, everything you need is already there.
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>I think this will lead you in the right direction: http://wiki.python.org/moin/BeginnersGuide
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>For an editor, I suggest (free) Aptana -- they make the PyDev plugin for Eclipse, but have even better integration with their own customization of Eclipse. http://www.aptana.com/products/studio3/download
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>Have fun. My mind feels free and clear when using Python (which I've learned since is a very common experience, having read off-hand testimonials to that several times around the web). The level of encapsulation, the way pieces fit together, is just right, at least for me.
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>Hank
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>>>When I read .Net code, I am assaulted, rather continuously, with the realization that it's been made much more difficult than it had to be, that the hoops being erected so that I can jump through them have no effective reason for existing (except for rules that have no effective purpose), I give a few wretching noises, and then go read Python code. :)
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>>>>Sheesh, you're a natural for NET when you turn something so simple into an entity framework like that.
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>>Hi Hank,
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>>Could you recommend a good python book, if possible an online free one, as I crashed my car twice in two weeks so money is MIA :) I signed up for a course in robotics and I need to learn python before Feb 20!
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>>Thanks!
>>Hugo
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>>[Update] Yesterday I started reading this one: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/[/Update]