I’ve been writing programs in Python for the past 3 years and I must accept that I am a big fan of its no-nonsense approach towards programming and it’s clean and easy to understand syntax. It was recently chosen as the best programming and scripting language by Linux Developers and is also considered as the Holy Grail of programming by CERN. It is perhaps the best language for beginners as it lets you focus on programming without worrying much about syntax.

Today, Python is being extensively used at Google, Yahoo, CERN, NASA and ITA. It has been successfully embedded in a number of software products as a scripting language including Maya,MotionBuilder, SoftImage, Cinema4D, Blender, GIMP and Paint Shop Pro. Python has also been actively used for writing web applications. Some of the most sophisticated Python web frameworks include Django, Pylons, TurboGears and Web2Py.

In this article, I’ll provide you some resources, which will help you get started with Python:

Google Code: Getting Started – Python
Python Programming Tutorials
A Gentle Introduction to Programming Using Python
Dive Into Python
How to think like a computer scientist – Learning with Python

I hope these resources will give you a hang of Python.We would be soon starting a series on web application and blog development using the Django framework. I hope you would be pretty much familiar with Python by that time! See you soon with more Python awesomeness!